The O monarch he (Drona's son) pierced Shikhandin with myriad's of shafts furnished with wings. Thereat Shikhandin whirling the fragment of his sword splintered by the arrows (of Drauni), hurled it at the latter, like a blazing serpent. Beholding that fragment of the sword that then resembled the all destructive fire (at the end of a Yuga) come swiftly toward himself.
शितैस्तु बहुशो राजंस्तं च विव्याध पत्रिभिः। शिखण्डी तु ततः खङ्गं खण्डितं तेन सायकैः॥ आविध्य व्यसृजत् तूर्णं ज्वलन्तमिव पन्नगम्। तमापतन्तं सहसा कालानलसमप्रभम्॥