Vaishampayana said Thereupon the grand-father, of Bharatas, Shantanu's son, Bhishma, well-read in the Vedas, and informed of the truth of the place and time and endued with a knowledge of his own duties, after the speech of the preceptor Drona, applauded it and said the following words to the descendants of Bharata for their interest.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः शान्तनवो भीष्मो भरतानां पितामहः। श्रुतवान् देखकालज्ञस्तत्त्वज्ञः सर्वधर्मवित्॥ आचार्यवाक्योपरमे तद्वाक्यमभिसंदधत्। हितार्थं समुवाचैनां भारती भारतान् प्रति॥