Bhishma said Having said these words, the holder of the thunderbolt, taking Gautama with him and placing him before, along with his son, viz., that elephant, went to Heaven, that is difficult of attainment by even the pious.
भीष्म उवाच स गौतमं पुरस्कृत्य सह पुत्रेण हस्तिना। दिवमाचक्रमे वज्री सद्भिः सह दुरासदम्॥