As soon as the Sun, passing the solstitial point entered in his northerly course, Bhishma with rapt attention, caused his soul (as connected with and independent of the body) to enter into the Universal Soul.
निवृत्तमात्रे त्वयन उत्तरे वै दिवाकरे। समावेशयदात्मानमात्मन्येव समाहितः॥