Sanjaya said Thereupon the high-souled Bhishma, thus deeply pierced by the dagger-like words of your son and overwhelmed with grief, spoke not even a single disagreeable word to your son.
संजय उवाच वाक्शल्यैस्तव पुत्रेण सोऽतिविद्धो महामनाः। दुःखेन महताऽऽविष्टो नोवाचाप्रियमण्वपि॥