Then Karna, with three crescent-like shafts, severed his head and arms from the body and like a Sala tree cut down by an axe he (Ugrakarman) fell down lifeless from his car.
तस्यार्धचन्द्रस्त्रिभिरुचकर्त प्रहस्य बाहू तच शिरश्च कर्णः। स स्यन्दनाद् गामगमद् गतासुः परश्वधैः शाल इवावरुग्णः॥