While Bhishma was lingering between life and death, the fact that Draupadi was arguing so vehemently and asking inconvenient questions about his right conduct when he did not answer her question whether Dharmaraja lost himself first and then offered her as a stake or whether he offered her as a stake first and then lost himself, upset even Dharmaraja. Draupadi also said that when there was no need at all then, he was preaching code of conduct relating to Peace to the Pandavas. Bhishma, however, laughed loudly and praised Draupadi for asking such questions and said that the answers to such questions would be of great importance to the coming Kali age and asked the Pandavas to calm down. Bhishma said, ‘For many years, I had been serving evil Kings and sinners and was living on the food that they gave me and therefore all the right and Dharma in me was submerged. As a result of the arrow that struck me from your husband’s hand, all the evil blood has flowed out and now the Dharma that had been submerged has come up and I am preaching the need for good conduct’. From this Shanti parva preached by Bhishma, we have to learn the lesson that if anyone promotes himself with the help of money accumulated by bad and evil ways, then the good in him will be submerged by the bad blood in man. It was in this context that Krishna taught that the pot in which you cook, the materials, which you use to cook, and the food itself should all be clean. (SSB 1976, May 2003)