Vaishampayana said O Descendant of Bharata, the son of Shantanu, Bhishma, settled it by his great intelligence that Krishna was the foremost of all on earth.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो भीष्मः शान्तनवो बुद्ध्याद् निश्चित्य वीर्यवान्। अमन्यत तदा कृष्णमहणीयतमं भुवि॥