Bhishma continued The serpent directed by Death having said this, Death himself appeared there and addressing the serpent said:
भीष्म उवाच तथा ब्रुवति तस्मिंस्तु पन्नगे मृत्युचोदिते। आजगाम ततो मृत्युः पन्नगं चाब्रवीदिदम्॥