Thus having severed his (Dusasana's) bow along with its string and arrow, then that fearful sword fell down upon the earth, even as a snake falls down from heaven upon the ground.
समार्गणगुणं चापं छित्वा तस्य महानसिः। निपपात ततो भूमौ च्युतः सर्प इवाम्बरात्॥