Vaishampayana said Having heard these words of his, Bhishma, of great luster and old in wisdom, did him due honours and spoke these words to him as suited the occasion.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रज्ञावृद्धो महाद्युतिः। सम्पूज्यैनं यथाकालं भीष्मो वचनमब्रवीत्॥