O Bhishma, O wretch of the Puru race, you are ignorant of the precepts of religion. You have not heard from the pious men what I would now tell you.
न ते श्रुतमिदं भीष्म नूनं कथयतां सताम्। यद् वक्ष्ये त्वामधर्मज्ञं वाक्यं कुरुकुलाधम॥