Those two great warriors, those two chastisers of foes, wounded each other's horses, and cut down each other's car-wheels and shafts. Then, O king, Bhishma, that best of heroes, struck Vasudeva on his breast with three arrows. O king, struck with three arrows the slayer of Madhu (Krishna) shone like a budded Kinshuka tree.
अन्योन्यस्य हयान् विद्ध्वा ध्वजौ च सुमहाबलौ॥ रथेषां रथचक्रे च चिक्रीडतुररिंदमौ। ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज भीष्मः प्रहरतां वरः॥ वासुदेवं त्रिभिर्बाणैराजघान स्तनान्तरे। भीष्मचापच्युतैस्तैस्तु निर्विद्धो मधुसूदनः॥ विरराज रणे राजन् सुपष्प इव किंशुकः।