And they were unable to resist him who then looked like Death's self with wide-open mouth. On the tenth day of the battle, Bhishma began to consume with his sharp arrows the car-host of Shikhandin like fire consuming a forest. Then Shikhandin with three arrows pierced Bhishma between his breasts,
दशमेऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते रथानीकं शिखण्डिनः। अहदनिशितैर्बाणैः कृष्णवर्मेव काननम्॥ तं शिखण्डी त्रिभिर्बाणैरभ्यविध्यत् स्तनान्तरे। आशीविषमिव क्रुद्धं कालसृष्टमिवान्तकम्॥