I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that the virtuous son of Ganga, great Bhishma, had himself told the enemies of the means of his own death and it had been joyfully adopted by the Pandavas.
यदाश्रौषं चापगेयेन संख्ये स्वयं मृत्यु विहितं धार्मिकेण। स्तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥