ततो भीष्मः शांतनवो वामे पार्श्वे समर्पयत् ॥
अस्यतः प्रतिसंधाय विवृतं सव्यसाचिनः ॥
ततः प्रहस्य बीभत्सुः पृथुधारेण कार्मुकम् ॥
न्यकृन्तद् गार्ध्रपत्रेण भीष्मस्यामिततेजसः ॥
अथैनं दशभिर् बाणैः प्रत्यविध्यत् स्तनान्तरे ॥
यतमानं पराक्रान्तं कुन्तीपुत्रो धनंजयः ॥
स पीडितो महाबाहुर् गृहीत्वा रथकूबरम् ॥
गाङ्गेयो युधि दुर्धर्षस् तस्थौ दीर्घम् इवातुरः ॥
तं विसंज्ञम् अपोवाह संयन्ता रथवाजिनाम् ॥
उपदेशम् अनुस्मृत्य रक्षमाणो महारथम् ॥
tato bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo vāme pārśve samarpayat ||
asyataḥ pratisaṃdhāya vivṛtaṃ savyasācinaḥ ||
tataḥ prahasya bībhatsuḥ pṛthudhāreṇa kārmukam ||
nyakṛntad gārdhrapatreṇa bhīṣmasyāmitatejasaḥ ||
athainaṃ daśabhir bāṇaiḥ pratyavidhyat stanāntare ||
yatamānaṃ parākrāntaṃ kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
sa pīḍito mahābāhur gṛhītvā rathakūbaram ||
gāṅgeyo yudhi durdharṣas tasthau dīrgham ivāturaḥ ||
taṃ visaṃjñam apovāha saṃyantā rathavājinām ||
upadeśam anusmṛtya rakṣamāṇo mahāratham ||
Then Bhishma, son of Shantanu, watching for an opening on Savyasachin's left side, fitted an arrow and struck him. Bibhatsu laughed and, with a vulture-feathered, broad-bladed shaft, cut away the bow of Bhishma, whose splendor knew no measure. After this, Kuntiputra Dhananjaya struck him in the chest with ten arrows, as he, mighty and valiant, strove to continue the fight. Overcome with pain, the great-armed son of Ganga clung to the front rail of his chariot and stood there a long while, as though ill. Then the charioteer, remembering his instructions and guarding the great warrior, drove Bhishma away, senseless.
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Bhishma is not humiliated, only stopped. This is how the Mahabharata shows the defeat of an elder: his greatness remains intact, yet the victory this day belongs to Partha.