When enraged in battle Bhishma could destroy all the mobile and immobile creatures; O Sanjaya, why could he not then escape the Pandava (Arjuna) in battle with his great prowess?
भीष्मो हि समरे क्रुद्धो हन्याल्लोकांश्चराचरान्। स कथं पाण्डवं युद्धे नातरत् संजयौजसा॥