Having consumed the Pandava ranks for ten days, the high-souled Bhishma, O afflicter of foes, became disregardful of his life.
दशाहानि ततस्तप्त्वा भीष्मः पाण्डववाहिनीम्। निरविद्यत धर्मात्मा जीवितेन परंतप॥