Then like the Asuras assailing the wielder of the thunder bolt, the Pandavas assailed, in a body, that single-handed mighty car-warrior Bhishma who was moving swiftly up and down the field of battle.
तमेकं समरे भीष्मं त्वरमाण महारथम्। पाण्डवाः समवर्तन्त वज्रहस्तमिवासुराः॥