That downpour, of shafts discharged by the kings on all sides, was destroyed by the puissant Karna with a heavy shower of arrows.
शरवर्षं तु तत् कर्णः पार्थिवैः समुदीरितम्। शरवर्षेण महता समन्ताद् व्यकिरत् प्रभो॥