He (Karna) struck the fences of the antagonists, that could be perceivable only by the bowstrings, by means of shafts shot from his bow, that were capable of crushing the coats of mail, the bodies and the lives of the combatants); even as one strikes the horses with the whip.
वर्मदेहासुमथनैर्धनुषः प्रत्युतैः शरै। मौळ तलवे न्यहनत् कशया वाजिनो यथा॥