Bhishma said Thus addressed, O king, by the great Rishabha, king Sumitra quickly renounced the hope that was in his heart and which was slenderer than any of the various sorts of hope pointed out by the emaciated Rishi.
भीष्म उवाच स तथोक्तस्तदा राजन् ऋषभेण महात्मना। सुमित्रोऽपनयत् क्षिप्रमाशां कृशतरी ततः॥