Vaishampayana said When Bhishma, that chief of the Kurus, lay on his bed of arrows, many Rishis and Siddhas, O king, headed by Narada, came there.
वैशम्पायन उवाच शरतल्पगते भीष्मे कौरवाणां धुरन्धरे। आजग्मुर्ऋषयः सिद्धा नारदप्रमुखा नृप॥