Then the arrows, shot from the bow of Bhishma, did not only strike against the armours of combatants but penetrated through them. We saw, O monarch, many cars dragged over the field, by the fleet steeds that were harnessed to them, in consequence of the death of the heroes that rode them. Four and ten thousand car-warriors belonging to the Chedis, the Kashis and the Karushas, all well-known, and born of illustrious family, never retreating from field and owners of golden standards, prepared to lay down their lives in battle, encountering Bhishma who looked like Death himself with mouth wide open, were all dispatched to the regions of the departed along with their steeds, cars and elephants.
नासज्जन्त तनुत्रेषु भीष्मचापच्युताः शराः। हतवीरान् रथान् राजन् संयुक्ताञ्जवनैर्हयैः॥ अपश्याम महाराज ह्रियमाणान् रणाजिरे। चेदिकाशिकरूषाणं सहस्राणि चतुर्दश॥ महारथाः समाख्याताः कुलपुत्रास्तनुत्यजः। अपरावर्तिनः सर्वे सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः॥ संग्रामे भीष्ममासाद्य व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्। निमग्नाः परलोकाय सवाजिरथकुञ्जराः॥