Bhishma said as Cherishing a distaste for the world, and through the grace also of the gods, that foremost of Brahmanas entered the forest and began to practise the austerest of penances.
भीष्म उवाच निर्वेदाद् देवतानां च प्रसादात् स द्विजोत्तमः। वनं प्रविश्य सुमहत् तप आरब्धवांस्तदा।॥