O monarch, Bhishma protected on all sides the array of his troops that figured the Makara. O king, so also, the sons of Pandu protected the array that they had formed with their troops.
अरक्षन्मकरव्यूह भीष्मो राजन् समन्ततः। तथैव पाण्डवा राजन्नरक्षन् व्यूहमात्मनः॥