Meanwhile the Pandava hosts' having reached by thousands Drona who had been coursing through the field of battle became shattered and broken with the sharp shafts of the latter.
समासाद्य तु पाण्डुनामनीकानि सहस्रशः। द्रोणेन चरता संख्ये प्रभग्नानि शितैः शरैः।॥