All these great Rishis came there for seeing Bhishma lying on his bed of arrows. Yudhishthira with his brothers duly adored those great Rishis who had come there, one after another in proper order. Receiving that were were adoration, those foremost of Rishis sat themselves down and began to converse with one another.
समागता महात्मानो भीष्मं द्रष्टुं महर्षयः। तेषां महात्मनां पूजामागतानां युधिष्ठिरः॥ भ्रातृभिः सहितश्चकै यथावदनुपूर्वशः। ते पूजिताः सुखासीनाः कथाश्चक्रुर्महर्षयः॥