O Sanjaya, what happened to my sons when they were deprived of the powerful Bhishma who was like a god and who led a life of celibacy for his father?
कथमाचक्ष्व मे योधा हीना भीष्मेण संजय। बलिना देवकल्पेन गुर्वर्थे ब्रह्मचारिणा॥