When Shikhandin had been thus advancing with great momentum to fall upon Bhishma, Shalya checked him with a weapon dreadful and difficult of being baffled.
तमापतन्तं महता जवेन शिखण्डिनं भीष्ममभिद्रवन्तम्। मस्त्रेण घोरेण सुदुर्जयेन॥