Bhishma said Having got this high boon from the great God, the son of Satyavati, was one day engaged in rubbing his sticks for making a fire.
भीष्म उवाच स लब्ध्वा परमं देवाद् वरं सत्यवतीसुतः। अरणी सहिते गृह्य ममन्थाग्निचिकीर्षया॥