Hard as my heart is, it is surely made of stone that it does not break on hearing the death of the foremost of men, Bhishma.
अश्मसारमयं नूनं हृदयं सुदृढं मम। यच्छ्रुत्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रं हतं भीष्मं न दीर्यते॥