O lord of men, saying “wait, wait' to Satyaki, he (i.e. Ashvatthama), covered him with downpours of arrows, like the clouds covering the breast of the (mountain) Meru with (showers of) rain.
तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाभाष्य शैनेयं स नराधिप। अभ्यवर्षच्छरौघेण मेरुं वृष्ट्या यथाम्बुदः॥