Bhishma said Thus accosted by Devala, the pure Jaigishavya of austere penances, said those words of great import, fraught with full faith, and deep significance.
भीष्म उवाच इति तनानुयुक्तः स तमुवाच महातपाः। महद्वाक्यमसंदिग्धं पुष्कलार्थपदं शुचि॥