Then Bhishma began to consume the Kshatriyas in battle, like a fire, having his chariot for its fire-chambers, his bow for its flames, his swords, lances and maces for its fuel and his numerous shafts for its dreadful scintillation's. Just as a conflagration fed with a constant supply of fuel leaps from house to house being aided by a breeze, so also old displaying his weapons of celestial make.
रथाग्यगारश्चापार्चिरसिशक्तिगदेन्धनः। शरसंघमहाज्वालः क्षत्रियान् समरेऽदहत्॥ यथाग्निः सुमहानिद्धः कक्षे चरति सानिलः। तथा जज्वाल भीष्मोऽपि दिव्यान्यस्त्राण्युदीरयन्॥