Thereupon, at him (Abhimanyu) Shalya hurled, in battle, his dreadful dart made of all iron, decked with gold and resembling a flashing flame of fire.
तस्य सर्वायसी शक्तिं शल्यः कनकभूषणाम्। चिक्षेप समरे घोरां दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव॥