Then cutting those arrows of Arjuna with those of his own, Drona pierced both Krishna and the son of Pandu with shafts that resembled poison of the blazing tongues of fire.
तस्येषूनिषुभिश्छत्त्वा द्रोणो विव्याध तावुभौ। विषाग्निज्वलितप्रख्यैरिषुभिः कृष्णपाण्डवौ॥