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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 9]
duties. Bhīṣmadeva will also offer his last prayer to the Lord on the verge of passing away from this mortal world and thus become liberated from the bondage of further material engagements. Bhīṣmadeva was endowed with the power of leaving his material body at will, and his lying down on the bed of arrows was his own choice. This passing away of the great warrior attracted the attention of all the contemporary elites, and all of them assembled there to show their feelings of love, respect and affection for the great soul.
TEXT 2
तदा ते भ्रातरः सर्वे सदश्चैः स्वर्णभृषितैः । अन्वगच्छन् रथैर्विप्रा न्यासधौम्यादयस्तथा ॥ २ ॥
tadā te bhrātaraḥ sarve sadaśvaiḥ svarṇa-bhūṣitaiḥ anvagacchan rathair viprā vyāsa-dhaumyādayas tathā
tadā —at that time;  te —all of them;  bhrātaraḥ —the brother;  sarve —all together;  sadaśvaiḥ —drawn by first-class horses;  svarṇa —gold;  bhūṣitaiḥ —being decorated with;  anvagacchan —followed one after another;  rathaiḥ —on the chariot;  viprāḥ —O  brāhmaṇas ;  vyāsa —the sage Vyāsa;  dhaumya —Dhaumya;  ādayaḥ —and others;  tathā —also.
TRANSLATION
At that time all his brothers followed him on beautiful chariots drawn by first-class horses decorated with gold ornaments. With them were Vyāsa and  ṛṣis  like Dhaumya [the learned priest of the Pāṇḍavas] and others.
TEXT 3
भगवानपि विप्रर्षे रथेन सधनञ्जयः । स तैर्व्यरोचत नृपः कुवेर इव गुह्यकैः ॥ ३ ॥
bhagavān api viprarṣe rathena sa-dhanañjayaḥ sa tair vyarocata nṛpaḥ kubera iva guhyakaiḥ