Listen, O king, with pure heart and rapt attention, as to how, O foremost of the Kurus, the great Bhishma renounced his body.
वैशम्पायन उवाच शृणुष्वावहितो राजशुचिर्भूत्वा समाहितः। भीष्मस्य कुरुशार्दूल देहोत्सर्ग महात्मनः॥