Sanjaya said Thus all the Pandavas, placing Shikhandin before them and surrounding Bhishma on all sides began to pierce him in battle.
संजय उवाच एवं ते पाण्डवाः सर्वे पुरस्कृत्य शिखण्डिनम्। विव्यधुः समरे भीष्मं परिवार्य समन्ततः॥