Narada said: Having thus spoken with cheerfulness and bidding farewell to him (Bhishma) the exalted Rishi Pulastya with his mind well pleased, disappeared then and there.
नारद उवाच एवमुक्त्वाभ्यनुज्ञाय पुलस्त्यो भगवानृषिः। प्रीतः प्रीतेन मनसा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत॥