Dhritarashtra said How, O Sanjaya, did the highly puissant son of Shantanu, viz., Bhishma fight on the tenth day with the Pandavas and the Srinjayas? How did also the Kurus, check the Pandavas in battle? Describe to me the fierce battle that Bhishma, that ornament of battlefield, fought with the foe.
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच कथं शान्तनवो भीष्मो दशमेऽहनि संजय। अयुध्यत महावीर्यः पाण्डवैः सहसृञ्जयैः॥ कुरवश्च कथं युद्धे पाण्डवान् प्रत्यवारयन्। आचक्ष्व मे महायुद्धं भीष्मस्याहवशोभिनः॥