Vichitravirya, who ruled the world virtuously like his father the Kuru prince and the best of all monarchs Shantanu. O king, within a very short time, he (Bhishma) passed many forests, rivers, hills and woods with various trees. The son of the ocean-going river (Ganga) of immeasurable prowess in battle, killing numberless men, but having no scar on his own body.
यथा पितास्य कौरव्यः शान्तनुर्नृपसत्तमः। सोऽचिरेणैव कालेन अत्यनामन्नराधिप।॥ वनानि सरितश्चैव शैलांश्च विविधान् द्रुपान्। अक्षतः क्षपयित्वारीन् संख्येऽसंख्येयविक्रमः॥