That illustrious ape-bannered hero then poured upon Bhishma that foremost of all wielders of arms a shower of sharp arrows and broad-headed polished shafts.
सक्तकर्मा कपिराजकेतुः। भीष्मं महात्माभिववर्ष तूर्णं शरौघजालैर्विमलैश्च भल्लैः॥