O king! those two mighty and great warriors, both blazing with their arrows, fought with each other like Vritra and Vasava in the days of yore, both eager to kill each other. Having drawn his bow to the fullest stretch, Shveta wounded Bhishma with seven arrows.
तौ तत्रोपगतौ राजन् शरदीप्तौ महाबलौ।॥ अयुध्येतां महात्मानौ यथोभौ वृत्रवासवौ। अन्योन्यं तु महाराज परस्परवधैषिणौ॥ निगृह्य कार्मुकं श्वेतो भीष्मं विव्याध सप्तभिः।