Thinking of the high blessedness and power of those Rishis, the Pandava princes began to discourse on the subject with their grandfather Bhishma.
प्रकाशन्तो दिशः सर्वा विस्मयं परमं ययुः। महाभाग्यं परं तेषामृषीणामनुचिन्त्य ते। पाण्डवाः सह भीष्मेण कथाश्चक्रुस्तदाश्रयाः॥