Then the Pandavas could not vanquish in battle that fierce bowman that sire of Pandu, who then resembled the Destroyer himself with his noose in hand.
न हि भीष्मं महेष्वासं पाण्डवाः पाण्डुपूर्वज। अशक्नुवन् रणे जेतुं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्॥