Shloka 15
इति सम शरतल्पस्थं भरतानां महत्तमम् | ऋषयस्त्वभ्यभाषन्त सहिता: सिद्धचारणै:,इस प्रकार सिद्धों और चारणोंसहित ऋषिगण भरतकुलके महापुरुष भीष्मको बाणशगय्यापर स्थित देख पूर्वोक्त बातें कहते थे
iti sma śarat-talpa-sthaṁ bharatānāṁ mahattamam | ṛṣayas tv abhyabhāṣanta sahitāḥ siddha-cāraṇaiḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“正是如此：诸圣仙与悉达（Siddha）、查罗那（Cāraṇa）同来，见毗湿摩——婆罗多族中最伟大者——卧于箭床之上，便以先前所述之言向他致辞。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames Bhīṣma as an authoritative moral witness even amid extreme suffering: dharma-instruction is presented as arising not from comfort but from steadfastness, reputation, and lived commitment to duty.
Sañjaya reports that sages—along with celestial Siddhas and Cāraṇas—approach Bhīṣma as he lies on the arrow-bed and speak to him, continuing the discourse previously mentioned.