The youngest of them was Bhishma, who was the dispeller of the fears of the Kurus, who was greatly intelligent, who was a great scholar in the Vedas and a best of speakers and the destroyer of the enemy's ranks.
तेषामवरजो भीष्मः कुरूणामभयंकरः। मतिमान्वेदविद्वाग्मी शत्रुपक्षक्षयंकरः॥