Bhishma said One should, when able, acquire merit and act in such a way that his body may not languish and suffer pain, and that death may not come.
भीष्म उवाच यथा शरीरं न ग्लायेन्येयान्मृत्युवशं यथा। तथा कर्मसु वर्तेत समर्थो धर्ममाचरेत्॥