ran None of the heroic car-warriors of the Pandava host, O Bharata, was then able to vanquish, nay to encounter, that warrior of gigantic stature, except Arjuna the son of the great Indra, having white steeds and owning Krishna for his charioteer. Then, o king, the ever-victorious Arjuna defeating Dushasana in battle, rushed against Bhishma even before the very eyes of the people assembled there. Though vanquished, your son then depending greatly upon the strength of Bhishma's arms,
तं भारतमहामात्रं पाण्डवानां महारथः। जेतुं नोत्सहते कश्चिन्नाभ्युद्यातुं कथंचन॥ ऋते महेन्द्रतनयाच्छवेताश्वात् कृष्णसारथेः। स हि तं समरे राजन् निर्जित्य विजयोऽर्जुनः॥ भीष्ममेवाभिदुद्राव सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यतः। विजितस्तव पुत्रोऽपि भीष्मबाहुव्यपाश्रयः॥