Then Vikarna, desirous of protecting the life of Bhishma checked the heroic Nakula who had been shooting myriads of shafts.
तथैव नकुलं शूरं किरन्तं सायकान् बहून्॥ विकर्णो वारयामास इच्छन् भीष्मस्य जीवितम्।