Then having appointed, Bhishma the grinder of the enemies' hosts, as the general and having made liberal presents of cows and gold to the foremost among the twice born.
ततः सेनापति कृत्वा भीष्मं परबलार्दनम्। वाचयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठान् गोभिर्निष्कैश्च भूरिश;॥