Having slain ten thousand warriors on that the tenth day of the fight, Bhishma stood on the field while his vitals were being pierced into by Arjuna.
योधानामयुतं हत्वा तस्मिन् स दशमेऽहनि॥ अतिष्ठदाहवे भीष्मो भिद्यमानेषु मर्मसु।