Bhishma continued Having said these words, O son of Kunti, Vritra renounced his life-breaths, uniting his soul (with the Supreme Soul), and attained to highest station.
भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्त्वा स कौन्तेय वृत्रः प्राणान वासृजत्। योजयित्वा तथाऽऽत्मानं परं स्थानमवाप्तवान्॥