Sometime after, when king Yudhishthira saw that Bhishma who had given away profuse riches as presents to the Brahmanas in the sacrifices celebrated by him, had rested and become refreshed, the intelligent king once inore asked him as follows.
युधिष्ठिरस्तु गाङ्गेयं विश्रान्तं भूरिदक्षिणम्। पुनरेव महाबुद्धिः पर्यपृच्छन्महीपतिः॥