The one of unfailing prowess (Bhishma) said among those men leading noble lives and delighting the Kurus namely "that I shall slay the army of the Srinjayas and the army of Shalva; that is my task."
यद् वाब्रवीद् वाक्यमदीनसत्त्वं मध्ये कुरून् हर्षयन् सत्यसंघः। अहं हन्ता सृञ्जयानामनीकं शाल्वेयकांचेति ममैष भारः॥