The high-minded king Chitra caught hold of it (that shaft), whilst it was falling upon him; and thereafter, O descendant of Bharata race, he threw it back at Prativindhya.
तामापतन्ती जग्राह चित्रो राजन् महामनाः। ततस्तामेव चिक्षेप प्रतिविन्ध्याय पार्थिवः॥