How vast is the difference between real fight, the clash of weapons, good advice, uttered in sweet sounding words on one side and Bhishma who is past the prime of life, of wicked soul and who is urged by fate.
क्व च युद्धं विमर्दो वा मन्त्रे सुव्याहतानि च। क्व च भीष्मो गतवया मन्दात्मा कालचोदितः॥