Then, O mighty monarch, Shikhaindin inflamed with wrath struck the grandsire of the Bharatas on the breast with nine shafts of great sharpness.
शिखण्डी तु महाराज भरताना पितामहम्॥ आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो नवभिर्निशितैः शरैः।