Vaishampayana said The illustrious Vyasa, Devasthana, Ashva, Vasudeva, Kripa, Satyaki and Sanjaya, filled with joy, and with faces resembling full-blown flowers, said,-Excellent! Excellent!' and sang the praises of that best of men, viz., Bhishma, that foremost of virtuous persons.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो व्यासश्च भगवान् देवस्थानोऽश्म एव च। वासुदेवः कृपश्चैव सात्यकिः संजयस्तथा॥ साधु साध्विति संहृष्टाः पुष्ष्यमाणैरिवाननैः। अस्तुवंश्च नरव्याघ्रं भीष्मं धर्मभृतां वरम्॥