His arrows were the scintillation's, and Bhishma himself was the fire that consumed the forest of the Kshatriyas. With arrows furnished with golden wings and the feathers of vultures and charged with great energy,
शरस्फुलिङ्गो भीष्माग्निर्ददाह क्षत्रियर्षभान्। सुवर्णपुङरिषुभिर्गार्धपक्षौः सुतेजनैः॥