O sons of Pandu, you are children; you do now know what Dharma is, for it (the ways of Dharma) is very subtle. This son of the river (Bhishma) has but little knowledge, and therefore he has transgressed the Smriti (rules of morality).
बाला यूयं न जानीध्वं धर्मः सूक्ष्मो हि पाण्डवाः। अयं च स्मृत्यतिक्रान्तो ह्यापगेयोऽल्पदर्शनः॥