Thereupon, having struck down those arrows of the son of Drona, that had the splendour of the sun, with his own keen shafts, pandya cut-off the stretched bowstring (of his antagonist),
अथ द्रोणसुतस्येचूंस्ताञ्छित्त्वा निशितैः शरैः। धनुर्त्यां विततां पाण्ड्यश्चिच्छेदादित्यतेजसः॥