Who having confronted Bhishma in that battle, was able to return alive from the engagement. Beholding all those warriors dispatched to the domain of the lord of the departed, people then thought high of Bhishma's prowess. No car-warrior then ventured to encounter that hero.
यः सम्प्राप्य रणे भीष्मं जीविते स्म मनो दधे। तांश्चं सर्वान् रणे योधान् प्रेतराजपुरं प्रति॥ नीतानमन्यन्त जना दृष्ट्वा भीष्मस्य विक्रमम्। न कश्चिदेनं समरे प्रत्युद्याति महारथः॥