The kings were burnt by the far reaching flames, represented by his arrows and the splendour of his weapons, of the great fire represented by that chastiser of foes, Pandu.
तं शरोधमहाज्वालं शस्त्रार्चिषमरिन्दमम्। पाण्डुपावकमासाद्य व्यदह्यन्त नराधिपाः॥