The king of Madra,. staying on the car the horses of which had been killed, hurled an iron dart, which resembled a snake, in order to kill Uttara.
स हताश्वे रथे तिष्ठन् मद्राधिपतिरायसीम्। उत्तरान्तकरी शक्तिं चिक्षेप भुजगोपमाम्॥