Pierced him with force, each shooting ten arrows. Those dreadful arrows which that mighty car-warrior Shikhandin shot, and which were furnished with wings of gold and whetted on stone, quickly penetrated the body of Bhishma. Thereupon the diadem-decked Arjuna waxing worth rushed at Bhishma,
दशभिर्दशभिर्भीष्ममर्दयामासुरोजसा। शिखण्डी तु महाबाणान् यान् मुमोच महारथः॥ न चक्रुस्ते रुजं तस्य स्वर्णपङ्खाः शिलाशिताः। ततः किरीटी संरब्धो भीष्ममेवाभ्यधावत॥