Hearing those words of Shikhandin, the mighty car-warrior Savyasachi (Arjuna) thinking that was the right moment (to strike Bhishma) urged the former on saying
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा सव्यसाची महारथः। कालोऽयमिति संचिन्त्य शिखण्डिनमचोदयत्॥