Having been afflicted with fear, they are running away, as do the small animals at the sight of the lion". Having been thus addressed, Dhananjaya thus spoke to Vasudeva. "Plunging through this sea of the hostile army, drive the horses to the spot where Bhishma is. I shall fell down (today) that invincible warriors, the revered Kuru grandsire.
भयार्ताः प्रपलायन्ते सिंहात् क्षुद्रमृगा इव। एवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच वासुदेवं धनंजयः॥ नोदयाश्वान् यतो भीष्मो विगाहैतद् बलार्णवम्। पातयिष्यामि दुर्धर्षं वृद्धं कुरुपितामहम्॥