His bosom being torn open the diademdecked Arjuna. King Bhagadatta lost the grasp of his bow and arrows, being deprived of vitality. The precious cloth that had constituted his turban now fell off from his head like a petal falling off from a lotus when its stem is struck violently.
स भिन्नहृदयो राजा भगदत्तः किरीटिना॥ शरासनं शरांश्चैव गतासुः प्रमुमोच ह। शिरसस्तस्य विभ्रष्टं पपात च वरांशुकम्। नालताडनविभ्रष्टं पलाशं नलिनादिव॥