Then Yudhishthira, that chief of Kuru's race, with a depressed heart and eyes bathed in tears, gently touched Bhishma's feet and said,—'O grandsire, I shall tomorrow enquire after those points about which I have my doubts, for today the sun, having sucked the moisture of the earth, is about to set.
ततो दीनमना भीष्ममुवाच कुरुसत्तमः। नेत्राभ्यामश्रुपूर्णाभ्यां पादौ तस्य शनैः स्पृशन्॥ श्व इदानीं स्वसन्देहं प्रक्ष्यामि त्वां पितामह। उपैति सविता शस्तं रसमापीय पार्थिवम्॥