In plain words
“Arjuna! The arrows you shot struck only my body; they did not reach my head. You made a bed of arrows for my body. But for want of a ‘pillow’ my head hangs down. You who have done so much, it would be good if you gave me a ‘pillow’ too,” he said. At his wish, Arjuna shot two arrows, one on either side, and set Bhīṣma's head between them. Bhīṣma was overjoyed: “Arjuna! I am the son of the goddess Gaṅgā. That is why they called me Gāṅgeya. I was parted from my mother long ago. In this last hour, give me my mother. Help me to merge into my mother,” he asked.
Arjuna was a mighty hero, a man of great strength. “Arjuna, Phalguna, Pārtha, Kirīṭi, Śvetavāhana, Bībhatsa, Vijaya, Kṛṣṇa, Savyasāci, Dhanuñjaya...”: these and many more titles he had won. With a single arrow he brought the Gaṅgā up from the earth. Like a fountain, the Gaṅgā shot up and fell into Bhīṣma's mouth. Then Bhīṣma: “Arjuna! In this world there are people who will give any kind of help. But at the time of death no one is found who gives a man his mother. Today you have given me my mother and brought me great joy,” he said. “May you be victorious!” he said, and blessed the Pāṇḍavas. If you would have the blessing of elders, you must satisfy their minds.
Keep the mind ‘positive’
Students! You took part in the games and songs for Swami's satisfaction. Along with Swami, you too must be satisfied. Not only in the games: there must be satisfaction in everything. You must spend your whole life in joy. You do many tasks with the body. That alone is not what matters most. You must keep your mind pure. Today, wherever you look, there is impurity! What we eat, what we drink, the air we breathe... there is impurity in all of it! But see that the impurity of bad feelings does not enter your mind. The mind must always be ‘positive’, never ‘negative’.