Bhishma said Seeing the king enveloped in thick darkness, stupefied by error, and become helpless, the learned Panchashikha put his mind at rest by once more addressing him thus.
भीष्म उवाच तमसा हि प्रतिच्छन्नं विभ्रान्तमिव चातुरम्। पुनः प्रशमयन् वाक्यैः कविः पञ्चशिखोऽब्रवीत्॥