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न तस्यासीदनिर्भिन्नं गात्रे द्वथव्यङ्गुलमन्तरम् ।

एवंभूतस्तव पिता शरैर्विंशकलीकृतः ।

शितायैःग्रैः फल्गुनेनाजौ प्राक्छिःछिराः प्रापतद्वरथात् ॥
 

There was not two fingers' space in

Bhishma's body untorn. Reduced to pieces

thus by the sharp-tipped arrows of Arjuna

in the battle, Dhritarashtra's uncle,

Bhishma, fell from the chariot, with his

head towards the east.
 

 
सह भीष्मेण सर्वेषां प्रापतन्हृदयानि नः ॥
 

Along with Bhishma, the hearts of all

the Kauravas fell.
 

 
धरणीं न स पस्पर्श शरसंघैस्समावृतः ॥
 
"
 
THE MAHA
Strewn over as he was with heaps of
arrows, BHARATA
 
Strewn over as he was with heaps of
arrows, Bhishma did not touch the ground.
 

 
शरतल्पे महेष्वासं शयानं पुरुषर्षभम् ।
स्
रथात्मप्रपतितं चैनं दिव्यो भावस्समाविशत् ॥
 

Divinity entered that illustrious person,

that great archer, fallen from the chariot,

as he lay on a bed of arrows.