Even as a lion enraged shedded the blood of a mighty elephant, this arrow of mine resembling a serpent shall shed your blood. Having delivered himself thus, he fired with wrath set his shaft on his bow.
एष ते सर्पसंकाशो बाणः पास्यति शोणितम्। मृगराज इव क्रुद्धो नागराजस्य शोणितम्। इत्येवमुक्त्वा संक्रुद्धः शरं धनुषि संदधे॥