Those sharp arrows penetrating through Karna's armour and piercing his right arm, sank into the earth, like so many fierce snakes entering their holes on ant hills.
ते तस्य कवचं भित्त्वा तथा बाहुं च दक्षिणम्। अध्ययुर्धरणी तीक्ष्णा वल्मीकमिव पन्नगाः॥