O God among men, the magnanimous Bhishma, true to his vows and only with a view to please you, has himself pointed out that the valiant and high-souled Shikhandin, the son of Drupada, would be the cause of his death; and when I had been shielding that Shikhandin in the battle-field he was slain by the latter.
स्त्व प्रियार्थं नरदेव युद्धे। वीरः शिखण्डी द्रौपदोऽसौ महात्मा मयाभिगुप्तेन हतश्च तेन॥