I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Arjuna, having placed Shikhandin before him on his chariot, had wounded the infinitely courageous and the unconquerable Bhishma.
यदाश्रौषं भीष्ममत्यन्तशूरं हतं पार्थेनाहवेष्वप्रधृष्यम्। शिखण्डिनं पुरतः स्थापयित्वा तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥