That hero (Bhishma) thus deeply pierced, O mighty monarch, and bathed in copiously flowering blood, appeared beautiful like flowering red Ashoka tree in the spring.
सोऽतिविद्धो महाराज शोणितौघपरिप्लुतः। वसन्ते पुष्पशबलो रक्ताशोक इवाबभौ॥