Drawing his best of bows capable of standing a great strain, the Panchala hero covered Ashvatthaman with arrows resembling flames of fire or snakes of virulent position.
विकर्षन् वै धनुः श्रेष्ठं सर्वभारसहं दृढम्॥ ज्वलनाशीविषनिभैः शरैश्चैनमवाकिरत्।