Upon the confusion of the the force, Dhananjaya proceeding heavily, pierced Bhishma with a thousand shafts, at the van of battle.
सम्मुह्यति तदा सैन्ये त्वरमाणो धनंजयः। भीष्मं शरसहस्रेण विव्याध रणमूर्धनि॥