Having seen them gone, Bhishma, the grandfather of the Kurus, bent down his head in shame. O king, he too then went away to his house,
तांस्तु सम्प्रस्थितान् दृष्ट्वा भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः। लज्जया वीडितो राजञ्जगाम स्वं निवेशनम्॥