Beholding his lance severed, Bhishma became inflamed with rage; and that hero that subduer of hostile cities began to think with the help of his understanding thus.
छिन्नां तां शक्तिमालोक्य भीष्मः क्रोधसमन्वितः॥ अचिन्तयद् रणे वीरो बुद्ध्या परपुरंजयः।