This transient words is ever flying (towards death); considering this I always regard everything as unsteady. When you were all present here, how could that foremost of the Kurus (Bhishma), who resembled a mountain in steadiness, be slain in battle?
जगत्यनित्ये सततं प्रधावति प्रचिन्तयनस्थिरमद्य लक्षये। भवत्सु तिष्ठत्स्विह पातितो मृधे गिरिप्रकाशः कुरुपुङ्गवः कथम्॥