O monarch, that mighty head, adorned with ear-rings, fell like the head of Shambara, slain in that dreadful battle (of old). This, having fallen upon the earth most rapidly, greatly aggrieved all the Kaikayas.
अपतत् तच्छिरो राजन् कुण्डलोपचितं महत्॥ शम्बरस्य शिरो यद्वनिहतस्य महारणे। शोचयन् केकयान् सर्वाञ्जगामाशु वसुन्धराम्॥