Worked up with anger at this, the powerful son of Drona, approached Shikhandin and cut him in two parts with his sword.
स तु क्रोधसमाविष्टो द्रोणपुत्रो महाबलः॥ शिखण्डिनं समासाद्य द्विधाचिच्छेद सोऽसिना।