Then the terrific Pratapana, roaring, rushed at Nala; and thereat Nala, with his body pierced with sharp shafts by that swift handed Rākşasa, plucked out Pratapana's eyes, and cast them to the earth.
नदन्प्रतपनो घोरो नलं सोऽभ्यनुधावत। नलः प्रपनस्याशु पातयामास चक्षुषी॥ भिन्नगात्रः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः क्षिप्रहस्तेन रक्षसा।