Such a battle as this will never take place again. Bhishma is incapable of being vanquished in battle by the greatly wise Partha though he showers his arrows on the bow, car and steed of the forms. So also is that great bowman, the Pandava (Arjuna), incapable of being vanquished in battle by even the celestials. Bhishma is not competent to defeat him. As long as the world would last, so long would this battle be fought equally on both the sides.
नेतादृशानि युद्धानि भविष्यन्ति कथश्चन। न हि शक्यो रणे जेतुं भीष्मः पार्थेन धीमता॥ सधनुः सरथः साश्वः प्रवपन् सायकान् रणे। तथैव पाण्डवं युद्धे देवैरपि दुरासदम्॥ न विजेतुं रणे भीष्म उत्सहेत धनुर्धरम्। आलोकादपि युद्धं हि सममेतद् भविष्यति॥