With a shower of resplendent shafts of exceeding sharpness, resisted the two sons of Pandu. In that battle Bhishma, supported by Dhritarashtra's sons along with their divisions,
शरौर्घविमलैस्तीक्ष्णैर्माद्रीपुत्राववारयन्। भीष्मस्तु संहतः संख्ये धातराष्ट्रैः ससैनिकैः॥