Having been thus addressed by the son of Drona and uttering these words-So be it and also strike, Malayadhvaja was greatly assailed and he (Pandya) himself in return pierced the son of Drona with a barbed arrow.
एवमुक्तस्तथेत्युक्त्वा प्रहरेति च ताडितः। कर्णिना द्रोणतनयं विव्याध मलयध्वजः॥