Bhishma said Having heard these words of Brihaspati, Purandara, engaged in defeating his foes, followed them strictly. Bent upon victory, that destroyer of foes, when the opportunity came, followed these instructions and subdued all his enemies!'
भीष्म उवाच स तद्वचः शत्रुनिबर्हणे रत स्तथा चकारावितथं बृहस्पतेः। चचार काले विजयाय चारिहा वशं च शत्रूननयत् पुरंदरः॥