Bhishma said Hearing these words of Nahusha, the ascetic born of a cow and gifted with great energy spoke thus, gladdening the monarch with all his counsellors:
भीष्म उवाच गविजातः प्रतापवान्। नहुषस्य वचः श्रुत्वा उवाच हर्षयन् सर्वानमात्यान् पार्थिवं च तम्॥