Sanjaya said O great king, I am Sanjaya , O foremost of the Bharata race, I bow to you. The son of Shantanu, Bhishma, the grandfather of the Kurus, is killed.
संजय उवाच संजयोऽहं महाराज नमस्ते भरतर्षभ। हतो भीष्मः शान्तनवो भरतानां पितामहः॥