The kings, seeing that Shalva was covering Bhishma at the very outset of the combat with innumerable arrows, were much astonished and they all cried "Blessed, Blessed."
पूर्वमभ्यर्दितं दृष्ट्वा भीष्मं शाल्वेन ते नृपाः। विस्मिताः समपद्यन्त साधु साध्विति चाब्रुवन्॥