Gandiva bow had covered all the ten directions in number, by shooting volley of arrows as the lightening glows in sky while raining and it illumines all directions including the earth from all sides. O Barata! all soldiers including elephant riders and car riders were loosing their conscious.
द्योतयन्ती दिशः सर्वाः पृथिवीं च समन्ततः॥ तथा दश दिशः सर्वाः पतद्गाण्डीवमावृणोत्। नागाश्च रथिनः सर्वे मुमुहुस्तत्र भारत॥