That chastiser of foes could not disobey Bhishma's words, as the ocean never goes beyond its shore, though swollen with the waters of the rainy season.
नातिचक्राम भीष्मस्य स हि वाक्यमरिंदमः। समुवृत्तो घनापाये वेलामिव महोदधिः॥