Sanjaya said O descendant of Bharata, when the night passed away, the illustrious Bhishma with his wrath excited followed by a very large numbers of troops, going at the head of the Kuru army charged the enemy's troops.
संजय उवाच मनीकिनीनां प्रमुखे महात्मा। ययौ सपत्नान् प्रति जातकोपो वृतः समग्रेण बलेन भीष्मः॥