Mahabharata 5.186.17
वयं तु गुरवस्तुभ्यं ततस्त्वां वारयामहेभीष्मो वसूनामन्यतमो दिष्ट्या जीवसि पुत्रक
vayaṃ tu guravastubhyaṃ tatastvāṃ vārayāmahebhīṣmo vasūnāmanyatamo diṣṭyā jīvasi putraka
Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.