O Bhishma, how do you, superior as you are in knowledge, desire to praise the cowherd (Krishna) whose evil repute is told even by men with childish intelligence,
यत्र कुत्सा प्रयोक्तव्या भीष्म बालतरैनरैः। तमिमं ज्ञानवृद्धः सन् गोपं संस्तोतुमिच्छसि॥