The old Kuru chief (Bhishma) is ever cheerful and devoted to us. Though he (Duryodhana) provoked hostilities with that intelligent son of his uncle, (Yudhishthira), yet he once sought the protection of the Pandavas. At that time abandoning every thing, he lived in misery.
स हि वीरोऽनुरक्तश्च वृद्धः कुरुपतिस्तदा। कृतं वैरं सदा तेन पितुः पुत्रेण धीमता॥ तस्योद्वेगभयाचापि संश्रितः पाण्डवान् पुरा। सर्वं वलं परित्यज्य दुर्ग संश्रित्य तिष्ठति॥