That elephant, indeed, was divided into six pieces with five foremost of arrows and the king was cut into four portions with three others. These ten parts thus divided by the skillful warrior were like the clarified butter portioned out into ten parts offered up to ten different deities.
स तु द्विपः पञ्चभिरुत्तमेषुभिः कृतः षडंशश्चतुरो नृपस्त्रिभिः। कृतो दशांशः कुशलेन युध्यता यथा हवित्सद्दशदैवतं तथा॥