The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 7.2.1

7.2.1

saṃjaya uvāca |
hataṃ bhīṣmamādhirathirviditvā bhinnāṃ nāvamivātyagādhe kurūṇām |
sodaryavadvyasanātsūtaputraḥ saṃtārayiṣyaṃstava putrasya senām || 1 ||

"Sanjaya said, 'Then Adhiratha's son of the Suta caste, knowing that Bhishma had been slain, became desirous of rescuing, like a brother, thy son's army from the distress into which it had fallen, and which then resembled a boat sunk in the fathomless ocean. [Indeed], O king, having heard that that mighty car-warrior and foremost of men, that hero of unfading glory, viz., Santanu's son, had been thrown down (from his car), that grinder of foes, that foremost of all wielders of bows, viz., Karna, soon came (to the field of battle). When the best of car-warriors, viz., Bhishma, was slain by the foe, Karna speedily came there, desirous of rescuing the Kuru host which resembled a boat sunk in the ocean, like a sire desirous of rescuing his children.'