Beholding that lance course towards himself like the blazing bolt of Heaven, the son of Pandu took up five sharp broad headed arrows,
तामापतन्ती सम्प्रेक्ष्य ज्वलन्तीमशनीमिव॥ समादत्त शितान् भल्लान् पञ्च पाण्डवनन्दनः।