युधिष्ठिरस्तदाकर्ण्य शयानं शरपञ्जरे ।
अपृच्छद्विविधान्धर्मानृषीणां चानुशृण्वताम् ॥२५॥
sÅ«ta uvÄca
yudhiá¹£á¹hiras tad Äkarṇya
Å›ayÄnaá¹ Å›ara-pañjare
apá¹›cchad vividhÄn dharmÄn
ṛṣīṇÄá¹ cÄnuśṛṇvatÄm
SÅ«ta said: Yudhiá¹£á¹hira, hearing what he had said, then asked BhÄ«á¹£ma, lying on a bed of arrows, about various dharmas while the sages were listening.
Yudhisthira, anxious about who would free him from delusion, began to ask Bhisma, lying on a bed of arrows. Though one should not ask questions when Bhisma is in such a situation, because he had no alternative, he asked.
