When Shantanu's son lies to-day, struck down with arrows, it seems that no other person alive on Earth who is learned and powerful and who is competent to perform great feats in battle.
नास्ति युद्धे कृती कश्चिन्न विद्वान् न पराक्रमी। यत्र शान्तनवो भीष्मः शेतेऽद्य निहतः शरैः॥