The highly powerful Drona, waxing worth, in that battle, O monarch, pierced Bhishma with nine shafts made of iron directing them towards his vital parts.
द्रोणस्तु समरे क्रुद्धो भीमं नवभिरायसैः। विव्याध समरश्लाघी मर्माण्युद्दिश्य वीर्यवान्॥