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Bhīṣma's Passing Away
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TEXTS 6-7
पर्वतो नारदो धौम्यो भगवान् बादरायणः । 
  बृहदश्वो भरद्वाजः सशिष्यो रेणुकासुतः ॥ ६ ॥ 
  वसिष्ठ इन्द्रप्रमदस्तितो गृत्समदोऽसितः । 
  कक्षीवान् गौतमोऽत्रिश्च कौशिकोऽथ सुदर्शनः ॥ ७ ॥
parvato nārado dhaumyo 
  bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ 
  bṛhadaśvo bharadvājaḥ 
  sa-śiṣyo reṇukā-sutaḥ 
  vasiṣṭha indrapramadas 
  trito gṛtsamado 'sitaḥ 
  kakṣīvān gautamo 'triś ca 
  kauśiko 'tha sudarśanaḥ
parvataḥ—Parvata Muni; nāradaḥ—Nārada Muni; dhaumyaḥ—Dhaumya; bhagavān—incarnation of Godhead; bādarāyaṇaḥ—Vyāsadeva; bṛhadaśvaḥ—Bṛhadaśva; bharadvājaḥ—Bharadvāja; sa-śiṣyaḥ—along with disciples; reṇukā-sutaḥ—Paraśurāma; vasiṣṭhaḥ—Vasiṣṭha; indrapramadaḥ—Indrapramada; tritaḥ—Trita; gṛtsamadaḥ—Gṛtsamada; asitaḥ—Asita; kakṣīvān—Kakṣīvān; gautamaḥ—Gautama; atriḥ—Atri; kauśikaḥ—Kauśika; atha—now; sudarśanaḥ—Sudarśana.
TRANSLATION
All the sages like Parvata Muni, Nārada, Dhaumya, Vyāsa, the incarnation of God, Bharadvāja and Paraśurāma and disciples, Vasiṣṭha, Indrapramada, Trita, Gṛtsamada, Asita, Kakṣīvān, Gautama, Atri, Kauśika and Sudarśana were present.
PURPORT
Parvata Muni  is considered to be one of the oldest sages. He is almost always a constant companion of Nārada Muni. They are also spacemen competent to travel in the air without help of any material vehicle. Parvata Muni is also a  devarṣi , or a great sage amongst the demigods, like Nārada. He was present along with Nārada at the sacrificial ceremony of Mahārāja Janamejaya, son of Mahārāja Parīkṣit. In this sacrifice all the