Bhishma said These very questions were formerly put by me to Narada. Hear me as I recite to you what that celestial sage had told me in reply.
भीष्म उवाच इममर्थं पुरा पृष्टो नारदो देवदर्शनः। यदुक्तवानसौ वाक्यं तन्मे निगदतः शृणु॥