Then the contest that ensued between the sons of Pandu and the Kauravas for the conquest of Bhishma, became terrible to the extreme.
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं कौरवाणां भयावहम्। तत्र पाण्डुसुतैः सार्धं भीष्मस्य विजयं प्रति॥