Thereat Abhimanyu, waxing worth, with nine straight-knotted and whetted shafts, pierced that foremost of the Rakshasas on his broad chest.
अभिमन्युस्ततः क्रुद्धो नवभिनतपर्वभिः। बिभेद निशितैर्बाणै राक्षसेन्द्र महोरसि॥