0 monarch, when Bhishma of invincible prowess had been slain, your own warriors and also those of the Pandava host, began to think of the duties of the Kshatriya sect; and,
निहते तु तदा भीष्मे राजन् सत्यपराक्रमे। तावकाः पाण्डवेयाश्च प्राध्यायन्त पृथक् पृथक्॥