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When Bhishma led the Kaurava army, Shikhandi rode as the charioteer of Arjuna , the third of the Pandava brothers. |
On seeing Shikhandi, Bhishma lowered his weapons. |
Shikhandi and Arjuna pierced Bhishma's body, though all Shikhandi's arrows were not effective in wounding Bhishma. |
At this stage, it was also the desire of Bhishma to die. |
Before collapsing, he cried out that it was Arjuna's arrow that had killed him, and not of Shikhandi. |
Bhishma lay on a bed of arrows for days, and died on the holy day of Uttarayana . |
Thus, Amba's vengeance was fulfilled, when Shikhandi became the cause of Bhishma's death. |
Shikhandi is killed in a sword fight with Ashwatthama when he, Kripacharya , and Kritavarma attacked the Pandava camp on the night of the final day of the war. |
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