Then piercing Paurava with a lance and cutting off his chariot into smaller fragments, by means of his shafts, Ashvatthaman severed the two sandal-smeared arms of his opponent; and then with a bhalla he severed his head from his trunk.
स पौरवं रथशक्त्या निहत्य छित्त्वा रथं तिलशश्चास्य बाणैः। छित्त्वा च बाहू वरचन्दनाक्ती भल्लेन कायाच्छिर उच्चकर्त॥