Once more quickly struck him between his breasts with fifty shafts. Similarly, O king, Hridika's son pierced the son of Prishata with nine arrow's exceedingly sharp and effulgent and furnished with wings made of the feathers of Kanka birds. Then for the sake of Bhishma, a pierced battle raged between them,
आजघान महाबाहुः पार्षतं तं महारथम्। तं चैव पार्षतो राजन् हार्दिक्यं नवभिः शरैः॥ विव्याध निशितैस्तीक्ष्णैः कङ्कपत्रैरजिह्मगैः। तयोः समभवद् युद्धं भीष्मरुतोर्महाहवे॥