Then those Rishis hoary with asceticism, spoke the maiden : “I have been undone by Bhishma, and despoiled of those virtues that would have been mine by living with my husband.
तानुवाच ततः कन्या तपोवृद्धानृषीस्तदा। निराकृतास्मि भीष्मेण भ्रंशिता पतिधर्मतः॥