That strong sword, being thus cut-off, dropped down upon the ground all on a sudden. But, O descendant of the Bharata race, the other half of the sword still rested in the hand of that Sutasoma.
स च्छिन्नः सहसा भूमौ निपपात महानसिः। अर्धपस्य स्थितं हस्ते सुत्सरोस्तत्र भारत॥