When that lord of the world, viz., the valiant Bhishma, having encountered Shikhandin, died like a lion, killed by a jackal, what can it be but Destiny?
व्यायच्छमानाः समरे किमन्यद् भागधेयतः। भीष्मश्च निहतो यत्र लोकनाथः प्रतापबान्॥