Bhishma said Truly am I alive at the pleasure of these rulers of earth. But I do not consider these kings as equal to even straws.
इच्छतां किल नामाहं जीवाम्येषां महीक्षितान्। सोऽहं न गणयाम्येतांस्तृणेनापि नराधिपान्॥