Bhishma said Hear what I say to you. It is highly wonderful and is a great mystery. The subject is the ends that creatures acquire after death as the rewards of particular acts or courses of conduct they follow.
भीष्म उवाच शृणु वक्ष्यामि यत् त्वयि। या गतिः प्राप्यते येन प्रेत्यभावे विशाम्पते॥