see O Janamejaya! a battle with divine arms between Bhishma and Arjuna both experts kept on incessant for a certain time. A battle with arrows then started.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं सर्वास्त्रविदुषोरस्त्रयुद्धमवर्तत। अस्त्रयुद्धे तु निर्वृत्ते शरयुद्धमवर्तत॥