Bhishma said “However difficult it may be to answer it, the question which you have asked, O son, is proper. Verily, the question is of such a nature that even the highly learned men become stupefied in answering it, O chief of Bharata's racc.
भीष्म उवाच यथान्यायं त्वया तात प्रश्नः पृष्टः सुसंकटः। बुधानामपि सम्मोहः प्रश्नेऽस्मिन् भरतर्षभ॥