Having heard these words of mine do what you think to be your duty. Whether you strike me or not, you shall not escape me alive this day. So, O ever-victorious Bhishma, let your eyes take a good view of this world, (as they will no longer see its charms).”
काममभ्यस वा मा वा न मे जीवन् प्रमोक्ष्यसे। सुदृष्टः क्रियतां भीष्मं लोकोऽयं समितिंजय॥