O lord, as fire consumes a heap of dry grass in summer, even so did that weapon begin to consume the army of the Pandavas.
यथा हि शिशिरापाये दहेत् कक्षं हुताशनः। तथा तदस्रं पाण्डूनां ददाह ध्वजिनीं प्रभो॥