Such was the aspect which all nature assumed when that hero was overwhelmed with showers of arrows. Indeed, when Phalguna, that foremost one among the Bharatas, was thus afflicted, those marvels were witnessed.
एवमासीत् तदा वीरे शरवर्षेण संवृते। फाल्गुने भरतश्रेष्ठ तद्युतमिवाभवत्।॥