Mahabharata 13.153.44

13.153.44

vāsudeva uvāca |
anujānāmi bhīṣma tvāṃ vasūnāpnuhi pārthiva |
na te'sti vṛjinaṃ kiṃcinmayā dṛṣṭaṃ mahādyute || 44 ||

"Vasudeva said, 'I give thee leave, O Bhishma! Do thou, O king, attain to the status of the Vasus, O thou of great splendour, thou hast not been guilty of a single transgression in this world. O royal sage, thou art devoted to thy sire. Thou art, therefore, like a second Markandeya! It is for that reason that death depends upon thy pleasure even as thy slave expectant of reading thy pleasure!'