Then having stretched his bow with great force, he shot that arrow at your son. O monarch, that shaft, after having successively pierced with great force through his body and his strong armour, itself entered into the earth, even as the snakes enter into the ant-hill. Thereupon, O king, your son, that mighty carwarrior, became senseless.
विकृष्य बलवञ्चापं तव पुत्राय सोऽसृजत्। स तं निभिद्य वेगेन भित्त्वा च कवचं महत्॥ प्राविशद् धरणी राजन् वल्मीकमिव पन्नगः। ततः सम्मुमुहे राजस्तव पुत्रो महारथः॥