In that battle, protected as he was by Dhananjaya, that excellent warrior Shikhandin, with ten shafts pierced Bhishma whose bow had been cut off.
शिखण्डी त रणे श्रेष्ठो रक्ष्यमाणः किरीटिना॥ अविध्यद् दशभिर्भीष्मं छिन्नधन्वानमाहवे।