Grieving thus, Bharata, like an elephant in the forest afflicted with a tomara or ankusa,* fell to the earth sighing like an enraged snake. *Names of instruments.
इति नाग इवारण्ये तोमराङ्कुशतोदितः। पपात भुवि संक्रुद्धो निःश्वसन्निव पन्नगः॥