Did not abandon Bhishma in battle who had been fighting with the diadem-decked Arjuna. Then surrounding the single car-warrior *Bhishma, large numbers of the enemy,
संग्रामे न जहुर्भीष्मं युध्यमानं किरीटिना॥ ततस्तमेकं बहवः परिवार्य समन्ततः।