Baffling each other's weapons by means of their weapons those (two) foremost of men, Bhishma and Shveta fought with each other with the desire of taking each other's life.
अस्त्रैरस्त्राणि संवार्य ततस्तौ पुरुषर्षभौ॥ भीष्मः श्वेतश्च युयुधे परस्परवधैषिणौ।