When king Yudhishthira was stricken heavily with sorrow, I with Bhishma, have recited to him many appropriate legends suited to the occasion with a view of dispelling his gricf, and the pliant and great Yudhishthira, though our sovereign, and versed in all learning, paid due heed to our words.
उक्तो बहुविधं राजा तत्र तत्र युधिष्ठिरः। सह भीष्मेण यद् युक्तमस्माभिः शोककारिते॥ शिष्टो युधिष्ठिरोऽस्माभिः शास्ता सन्नपि पाण्डवः। तेन तत् तु वचः सम्यग् गृहीतं सुमहात्मना॥