Thereafter Bhishma the son of Shantanu, rushed against the Pandava host, filling the heavens with the clatter of his car and confounding the enemies with the twang of his bow.
ततः शान्तनवो भीष्मो रथघोषेण नादयन्। अभ्यागमद् रणे पार्थान् धनुः शब्देन महोयन्॥