Then, O foremost of men, Bhishma did not tolerate that slaughter of men, elepnants and steeds, of your host, by the enemy.
तं विनाशं मनुष्येन्द्र गरवारणवाजिनाम्। नामृष्यत तदा भीष्मः सैन्यघातं रणे परैः॥