Thus when they were conversing with one another, Arjuna, placing Shikhandin before him, began to pierce Bhishma in battle with shafts of great sharpness.
एवं तयोः संवदतोः फाल्गुनो निशितैः शरैः॥ शिखण्डिनं पुरस्कृत्य भीष्मं विव्याध संयुगे।