The Somakas from all side began to pierce him with showers of arrows. Then Drona snatched out of the Kshatriyas their lives, O ruler of men.
विव्यधुः सोमकास्तूर्णं समन्ताच्छरवृष्टिभिः। तत्र द्रोणोऽहरत् प्राणान् क्षत्रियानां विशाम्पते॥