As, however, he rushed on foot, his antagonist discharged a shower of arrows upon him. The highly active Nakula received that downpour of arrows on his shield.
पझ्यामापततस्तस्य शरवृष्टिं समासृजत्॥ नुकलोऽप्यग्रसत् ता वै चर्मणा लघुविक्रमः।