Just after this the highly spirited son of Drona, casting smiling look upon Yudhishthira, simultaneously cut-off his bow and struck him with three arrows.
ततः पुनरमेयात्मा धर्मराजस्य कार्मुकम्॥ द्रौणिश्चिच्छेद विहसन् विव्याध च शरैस्त्रिभिः।