Thus pierced, O king, by those mighty carwarriors, blood began to flow from Shalya's body, like red streams running down the breast of a mountain of red chalk.
ततः शल्यो महाराज निर्विद्धस्तैर्महारथैः॥ सुस्राव रुधिरं गात्रैगैरिकं पर्वतो यथा।