So also the head of Danda, after having been severed by diadem-decked Arjuna with a crescent-shaped weapons, fell down from the back of the elephant upon the ground; and it shone brightly, as it was smeared with his own blood, after having dropped down, even as the sun, after having fallen from the Asta (setting) mountain towards the western point of the horison, looks very bright.
तथार्धचन्द्रेण हतं किरीटिना पपात दण्डस्य शिरः क्षितिं द्विपात्। तच्छोणिताई निपतद् विरेजे दिवाकरोऽस्तादिव पश्चिमां दिशम्॥