O Sanjaya, you tell me of the disappearance of Bhishma, that foremost of men who was our main stay and relying on whom, the Kurus were fighting with their enemies.
यस्मिन् द्वीपे समाश्वस्य युध्यन्ते कुरवः परैः। तं निमग्नं नरव्याघ्र भीष्मं शंससि संजय॥