Bhishma said-'I shall recite in brief, O king, those eternal duties, for, if I were to mentioned them fully, I would never finish them.
भीष्म उवाच समासेनैव ते राजन् धर्मान् वक्ष्यामि शाश्वतान्। विस्तरेणैव धर्माणां न जात्वन्तमवाप्नुयात्॥