Drona struck him along with his horses, charioteer and bow. Then from his car he fell down dead like a luminary dropped from the heaven.
तं द्रोणः सधनुष्कं तु साश्वयन्तारमाक्षिणोत्। स हतः प्रापतद् भूमौ रथाज्ज्योतिरिवाम्बरात्॥