Then, O mighty monarch, Shikhandin inflamed with wrath struck the grandsire of the Bharatas on the breast with nine shafts of great sharpness.
स तेनाभिहत: संख्ये भीष्मः कुरुपितामहः॥ नाकम्पत महाराज क्षितिकम्पे यथाचलः।