(The son of Drona) looked like the mountain Meru drenched with (copious) showers of rain from the clouds. Ashvatthama also endued with a prowess equal to that of Rudra or Upendra, becoming highly enraged.
बभौ मेघेन धाराभिर्गिरिर्मेरुरिवावृतः। अश्वत्थामा त्वसम्भ्रान्तो रुद्रोपेन्द्रेन्द्रविक्रमः॥