The father of your son-in-law, possessed of great energy, was engaged in perfuming his evening Sandhya. Adorned with sable locks and graced with ear-rings, that head of Jayadratha was thrown upon his lap as he was uttering his prayers in a sitting posture. () subduer of foes, thus thrown in his lap, that head graced with beautiful ear-rings was not perceived by king Vridhakshatra, so when the intelligent Vridhakshatra, having finished his evening prayers, was rising up, the head fell down on the earth.
संध्यामुपास्ते तेजस्वी सम्बन्धी तव मारिष॥ उपासीनस्य तस्याथ कृष्णकेशं सकुण्डलम्। सिन्धुराजस्य मूर्धानमुत्सङ्गे समपातयत्॥ तस्योत्सङ्गे निपतितं शिरस्तचारुकुण्डलम्। वृद्धक्षत्रस्य नृपतेरलक्षितमरिंदम॥ कृतजप्यस्य तस्याथ वृद्धक्षत्रस्य भारत। प्रोत्तिष्ठतस्तत् सहसा शिरोऽगच्छद् धरातलम्॥