O ruler of earth, your son, beholding that Shakti-arrow thus severed into pieces, struck Yudhishthira with nine whetted and sharppointed arrows.
शक्तिं विनिहतां दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते॥ नवभिर्निशितैर्भल्लैर्निजघान युधिष्ठिरम्।