Bhishma said The father, having a knowledge of both the past and the future, conversant with all duties and gifted with omniscience, thus described the subject to his son, who had questioned him.
भीष्म उवाच तस्मै प्रोवाच तत् सर्वं पिता पुत्राय पृच्छते। अतीतानागते विद्वान् सर्वज्ञः सर्वधर्मवित्॥