Bhishma said Thus addressed by his father, Shuka, highly praising these instructions of the great Rishi, began to ask the following questions regarding the import of duties which brings on Liberation.
भीष्म उवाच इत्युक्तोऽभिप्रशस्यैतत् परमर्षस्तु शासनम्। मोक्षधर्मार्थसंयुक्तमिदं प्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे॥