But Bhishma ever proud in battle, began to fell with his shafts, the Somakas, the Srinjayas and the Panchalas, all mighty wielders of the bow.
स तु भीष्मोरणश्लाघी सोमकान् सहसंजयान्। पञ्चालांश्च महेष्वासान् पातयामास सायकैः॥