Dhritarashtra said How has that foremost of all the Kurus Bhishma been killed by Shikhandi? How did my sire (Bhishma) who was like a second Indra fall down from his car?
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच कथं कुरूणामृषभो हतो भीष्मः शिखण्डिना। कथं रथात् स न्यपतत् पिता मे वासवोपमः॥