Bhishma said Having thus deterinined, the Shalmali, himself sorrowfully caused all his branches, man and minor, to be cut off.
भीष्म उवाच ततो निश्चित्य मनसा शाल्मलिः क्षुभितस्तदा। शाखा: स्कन्धान प्रशाखाश्च स्वयमेव व्यशातयत्॥