At that foremost of car-warriors, the son of Drona, as a cloud (sends down) showers of rain. (But) the son of Drona allayed that down pour of arrows by means of his (own) shafts, before they could reach him.
रथिनामृषभं द्रौणिं धाराभिरिव तोयदः॥ शरवृष्टिं शरैौणिरप्राप्तां तां व्यशातयत्।