In perfect harmony with his vow, O foremost of the Kurus, the ever-victorious Bhishma continuously went on slaughtering the troops of the Pandavas.
यथाप्रतिज्ञं कौरव्य स चापि समितिञ्जयः। पार्थानामकरोदं भीष्मः सततं समिति क्षयम्॥