Bhishma said. Having got upon the summit of the mountain, O Bharata, the son of Vyasa sat down upon a level place free from blades of grass and secluded.
भीष्म उवाच गिरिशृङ्ग समारुह्य सुतो व्यासस्य भारत। समे देशे विविक्ते स निःशलाक उपाविशत्॥