Slaying with his mace the horses and the two flank-supporters of Ashvatthaman, the son of Subhadra, with his body covered all over with arrows looked like a porcupine.
तस्याश्वान् गदया हत्वा तयोभौ पार्ष्णसारथी। शराचिताङ्गः सौभद्रः श्वाविद्वत् समदृश्यत॥