The son of Hridika, smiling over and over again, resisted Shikhandin, who was the cause of death of Bhishma and most invincible in the field of battle.
शिखण्डिनं तु समरे भीष्ममृत्यु दुरासदम्॥ हार्दिक्यो वारयामास स्मयन्निव मुहुर्मुहुः।