Thereupon, that best of car-warriors, that chastiser of foes, that Lord (Bhishma), riding on a single car, went at the command of his mother to the city of Varanasi (Kashi).
ततः स रथिनां श्रेष्ठो रथेनैकेन शत्रुजित्। जगामानुमते मातुः पुरीं वाराणसी प्रभुः॥