Bhishma said O son of Pandu, O mighty-armed one, what you have said is indeed true. I am indeed incapable of being vanquished by the celestial and the Asuras united together with Indra at their head,
भीष्म उवाच सत्यमेतन्महाबाहो यथा वदसि पाण्डव॥ नाहं जेतुं रणे शक्य. सेन्ट्रैरपि सुरासुरैः। आत्तशस्त्रो रणे यत्तो गृहीतवरकार्मुकः ७६।।