Then reflecting for a moment, Narada, of divine features, addressed all the Pandavas and the residue of the kings, saying, 'The time, I think, has come for you to question Bhishma for Ganga's son is about to die like the Sun that is on the point of setting.
मुहूर्तमिव च ध्यात्वा नारदो देवदर्शनः। उवाच पाण्डवान् सर्वान् हतशिष्टांश्च पार्थिवान्॥ प्राप्तकालं समाचक्षे भीष्मोऽयमनुयुज्यताम्। अस्तमेति हि गाङ्गेयो भानुमानिव भारत॥