Then, O foremost of the Bharatas, Drona availing himself of an weakness of Bhima pierced the latter with eight keen pointed dares whetted on stone.
द्रोणश्च विवरं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनं शिलीमुखैः। विव्याध बाणैर्निशितैः पञ्चषष्टिभिरायसैः॥