Indeed with his sword Satyaki lopped off the head of the Kuru warrior who had been deprived of his arm by Partha and who was then engaged in the Praya for liberating his soul from the body.
प्रायोपविष्टाय रणे पार्थेन छिन्नबाहवे। सात्यकिः कौरवेयाय खड्ड्रेनापाहरच्छिरः॥