Vaishampayana said Hearing these words of Bhishma and at the time recollecting with their trembling hearts the old might of the sons of Pandu they had themselves witnessed, the fleshly arms, of those kings pasted with sandal, hang down shorn of prowess.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु भीष्मस्य राज्ञां दध्वंसिरे तदा। काञ्चनाङ्गदिन: पीना भुजाश्चन्दनरूषिताः॥ मनोभिः सह संवेगैः संस्मृत्य च पुरातनम्। सामर्थ्यं पाण्डवेयानां यथा प्रत्यक्षदर्शनात्॥