I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that having been requested, Arjuna, piercing the ground, had allayed the thirst of Bhishma when he very much longed for water.
यदाश्रौषं शान्तनवे शयाने पानीयार्थे चोदितेनार्जुनेन। भूमि भित्त्वा तर्पितं तत्र भीष्मं तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥