Act in such a way that this (promise) may be true, O god who has the bull for the mark, and so that on encountering Bhishma, the son of Shantanu in battle, I may slay him.”
यथा स सत्यो भवति तथा कुरु वृषध्वज। यथा हन्यां समागम्य भीष्मं शान्तनवं युधि॥