Janamejaya said When that foremost men, of righteous soul and great energy, strictly devoted to truth and with passions restrained, viz., the son of Shantanu and Ganga, named Devavrata or Bhishma of undecaying glory, lay on a hero's bed with the sons of Pandu sitting around him, tell me, O great sage, what conversation took place in that meeting of heroes after the destruction of all the soldiers.
जनमेजय उवाच धर्मात्मनि महावीर्ये सत्यसंधे जितात्मनि। देवव्रते महाभागे शरतल्पगतेऽच्युते॥ शयाने वीरशयने भीष्मे शान्तनुनन्दने। गाङ्गेये पुरुषव्याघ्र पाण्डवैः पर्युपासिते॥ काः कथाः समवर्तन्त तस्मिन् वीरसमागमे। हतेषु सर्वसैन्येषु तन्मे शंस महामुने॥