Beholding that lance swiftly course towards the elephant, the ruler of the Pragjyotishas, sped dreadful crescent-shaped arrow of exceeding sharpness and effulgence.
तमापतन्तं सहसा दृष्ट्वा प्राग्ज्योतिषो नृपः। चिक्षेप रुचिरं तीक्ष्णमर्धचन्द्रं सुदारुणम्॥