If, O Bhisma, on the contrary, you, being slain by the Pandavas, are transported to heaven, then will I, riding on a single car, slay those whom you consider to be the mightiest of all car-warriors.
पाण्डवैर्वा हते भीष्मे त्वयि स्वर्गमुपेयुषि। हन्तास्येकरथेनैव कृत्स्नान् यान् मन्यसे रथान्॥