Covered closely with arrows he did not then touch the earth's surface. Then as that mighty bowman, that foremost of all male beings lay prostrate on his arrows bed,
धरणी न स पस्पर्श शरसंधैः समावृतः॥ रथाद् भीष्मे शरतल्पे महेष्वासं शयानं पुरुषर्षभम्।