Knowing full well that Shikhandin the prince of Panchala was his slayer, that hero still refrained from killing the prince with his arrow. Alas, such a magnanimous warrior was killed by Arjuna.
स्वयं मृत्यु रक्षमाणः पाञ्चाल्यं यः शिखण्डिनम्। न बाणैः पातयामास सोऽर्जुनेन निपातितः॥