Seeing that Bhishma, who could not be defeated by the celestials and the Danavas in battle, was slain (by Sikhandi), I understood that the Bharata army was doomed.
अवध्यं निहतं दृष्ट्वा संयुगे देवदानवैः। तदैवाज्ञासिषमहं नेयमस्तीति भारती॥