Bhishma said The diverse Rishis there assembled together with the departed Manes and the deities, then, with rapt attention, asked Arundhati who was gifted with great ascetic merit.
भीष्म उवाच ततस्त्वृषिगणाः सर्वे पितरश्च सदेवताः। अरुन्धतीं तपोवृद्धामपृच्छन्त समाहिताः॥