After thwarting the hosts of arrowy of his foe, Nakula went on making mans beautiful evolutions in the air, but Karna's son, O monarch, in that fierce encounter, with his powerful shafts cut-off his shield studded with a thousand stars.
श्चचार मार्गान नकुलश्चित्ररूपान्॥ अथास्य तूर्ण चरतो नरेन्द्र खड्न चित्रं नकुलस्य तस्य। महेषुभिर्व्यधमत् कर्णपुत्रो महाहवे चर्म सहस्रतारम्॥