Bhishma said Hearing these words of the hawk, the royal sage became stricken with wonder. Without disregarding these words of his, the king, desirous of attending to his comforts, replied to him, saying the following words.
भीष्म उवाच श्रुत्वा श्येनस्य तद् वाक्यं राजर्षिविस्मयं गतः। सम्भाव्य चैनं तद्वाक्यं तदर्थी प्रत्यभाषत॥