Possessed of such great power, Bhishma shot his arrows at him. But he (Abhimanyu) cut off in the fight all the arrows shot from Bhishma's bow.
पराक्रान्तस्य तस्यैव भीष्मोऽपि प्राहिणोच्छरान्। स तांश्चिच्छेद समरे भीष्मचापच्युताशरान्॥