Why was the arrow bed given to Bhishma?

He continued to fight a little longer but soon fell from his chariot. The arrows stuck in his body did not allow his body to touch the ground, and so Bhishma lay on a bed of arrows. He realised that this was that time of the year when the sun was in the south and it was not the best moment to die.

Who made bed of arrows for Bhishma?

prince Arjuna
On the tenth day of the war, the Pandava prince Arjuna, with the help of Shikhandi, pierced Bhishma with numerous arrows and paralysed him on a bed of arrows. After spending fifty-one nights on the arrow bed, Bhishma left his body on the Uttarayana (winter solstice).

How was Bhishma Pitamah struck down by Arjuna?

W hen Bhishma Pitamah was struck down by Arjuna,in the Mahabharata War, he fell down from his chariot. But since the arrows had pierced his chest (gone aar-paar), he did not touch the ground, but remained lying on the bed of arrows. His head was hanging, he needed to rest it, and told Arjuna to make some provision.

Why was the arrow-ridden death bed provided to Bhishma?

Bhishma kept postponing his death, which nature did not like. The earth was not happy with Bhishma. Hence, at the time of death, the earth did not accept the body of Bhishma, and hence, the arrow-ridden death bed was provided to him. There can be violent in nature, but not the violation of its law.

How many arrows did Bhishma get pierced?

Thus pierced by others, also with thousands of arrows, the mighty car-warrior Bhishma pierced those others in return with great speed.

How did Bhishma deal with the arrows shot by the Warriors?

And as regards the arrows shot by those warriors, Bhishma, possessed of prowess in battle that was incapable of being baffled, equally checked them all with his own straight arrows.Those arrows, however, endued with wings of gold and whetted on stone, which the mighty car-warrior Sikhandin shot in that battle, scarcely caused Bhishma any pain.