Therefore do you all, stationed in your respective positions in the several divisions of the army, protect Bhishma alone.

ayaneṣu = in the strategic points; ca = also; sarveṣu = everywhere; yathābhāgaṃ = as differently arranged; avasthitāḥ = situated; bhīṣmaṃ = unto Grandfather Bhishma; eva = certainly; abhirakṣantu = should give support; bhavantaḥ = you; sarva = all respectively; eva hi = certainly.;