They smiling and licking with his tongue the corners of the mouth, Shveta cut down Bhishma's bow into ten parts with nine arrows. Then taking up a winged arrow made of iron, he crushed the palmyra on the top of the standard of that exalted one (Bhishma). Seeing the standard of Bhishma cut down, your sons thought that Bhishma was killed. The Pandavas in great delight blew their conchs.
सम्प्रहस्य ततः श्वेतः सृक्किणी परिसंलिहन्॥ स विद्धस्तेन बलवान् नाकम्पत यथाऽचलः। वैराटिः समरे क्रुद्धो भृशमायम्य कार्मुकम्॥ धनुश्चिच्छेद भीष्मस्य नवभिर्दशधा शरैः। संधाय विशिखं चैव शरं लोमप्रवाहिनम्॥ उन्ममाथ ततस्तालं ध्वजशीर्षं महात्मनः। केतुं निपतितं दृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य तनयास्तव॥ हतं भीष्ममन्यन्त श्वेतस्य वशमागतम्। पाण्डवाश्चापि संहृष्टादध्मुः शङ्खान् मुदायुताः॥