Ascertaining that to be his intention, Ganga, the daughter of the Himalayas sent great sages under the disguise of swans then to Bhishma. one,
तस्य तन्मतमाज्ञाय गङ्गा हिमवतः सुता॥ महर्षीन् हंसरूपेण प्रेषयामास तत्र वै।