Quickly cut-off the latter's bowstring with a short arrow; thereupon Drona that crusher of hostile Kshatriyas, throwing that bow down on the ground.
चिच्छेद धनुषस्तूर्णं ज्यां शरेण शितेन ह। तन्निधाय धनुर्भूमौ द्रोणः क्षत्रियमर्दनः॥