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THE MAHABHARATA
 
"(
 
As if laughing at those kings, that
greatest of men, Bhishma, said to Arjuna :
'You of mighty arms! my son ! my head
droops; let such a rest as you think
proper be given (to my head)."
 
फल्गुनोऽपि त्रिभिस्तीक्ष्णैरुदगृह्णाच्छिरश्शरैः॥
 
And Arjuna propped up his head with
three sharp arrows.
 
अनुष्यद्भरतश्रेष्ठस्सर्वास्तानब्रवीद्वचः ।
'पश्यध्वमुपधानं मे पाण्डवेनाभिसन्धितम् ।
शयेयमस्यां शय्यायां यावदावर्तनं रवेः ।
ये तदा धारयिष्यन्ति ते च प्रेक्ष्यन्ति मां नृपाः॥'
 
Bhishma, the greatest of the Bharatas,
was satisfied, and he said to all of them :
"Kings, see the pillow designed for me
by Arjuna. I will be lying in this bed
till the sun turns northward from the
south. Those who will be alive at that
time shall see me."
 
अभ्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भीष्मः प्रीतो धनञ्जयम् ।
'दह्यतीव शरीरं मे प्रयच्छापो ममार्जन' ॥