It is proper by all means and my wish, too, that you should pay proper respects to him who is like a father to you, as also to Bhishma.
सर्वथा त्वक्षमं चैतद् रोचते च ममानघ। यत् त्वं पितरि भीष्मे च प्रणिपातं समाचरेः॥