Then the mighty-armed Bhishma the grandsire of the Kurus thus addressed them saying “All hail, O you of Vrishni's race, all hail, O Dhananjaya.
तानुवाच महाबाहुर्भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः। स्वागतं तव वार्ष्णेय स्वागतं ते धनंजय॥