Then Drona's son dauntlessly struck Abhimanyu with twenty-five short arrows, when the latter was occupied in slaying the best among his enemies.
तं द्रौणिः पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समार्पयत्। वरं वरममित्राणामारुजन्तमभीतवत्॥