Having thus spoken, the highly powerful Bhishma, as if desirous of consuming the Pandavas, hurled at Pritha's son a (terrible) lance.
इति ब्रुवञ्छान्तनवो दिधक्षुरिव पाण्डवान्॥ शक्तिं भीष्मः स पार्थाय ततश्चिक्षेप भारत।