The vital airs of Bhishma, piercing through the crown of his head, shot up through the sky like a large metcor and soon became invisible.
महोल्केव च भीष्मस्य मूर्धदेशाज्जनाधिप।॥ निःसृत्याकाशमाविश्य क्षणेनान्तरधीयता