Whether by covetousness they have forgotten it or whether it is a mistake on our part, it is proper that Bhishma should calculate the shortness or excess (of the fixed period).
लोभाद् वा ते न जानीयुरस्मान् वा मोह आविशत्। हीनातिरिक्तमेतेषां भीष्मो वेदितुमर्हति॥