The son of Ganga (Bhishma), rushed forward to attack Shveta alone. Seeing Bhishma coming, the greatly powerful Bhimasena wounded him with sixty arrows. But that great car-warrior, your father Devavrata, checked Bhimasena, Abhimanyu and other carwarriors with some fearful arrows. He then struck him (Shveta) with three straight arrows.
अभ्यवर्तत गाङ्गेयः श्वेतं सेनापतिं द्रुतम्। आपतन्तं ततो भीष्मो भीमसेनं प्रतापवान्॥ आजघ्ने विशिखैः षष्ट्या सेनान्यं स महारथः। अभिमन्युं च समरे पिता देवव्रतस्तव॥ आजम्ने भरतश्रेष्ठस्त्रिभिः संनतपर्वभिः।