Bhishma said Struck then, on the head, by the Sannyasin, with his triple stick which resembled the punishment inflicted by a Brahmana, the Rakshasi who had originated from the incantations of king Vrishadarbhi dropped down on the Earth and becoine reduced to ashes.
यातुधान्युवाच सा ब्रह्मदण्डकल्पेन तेन मूर्ध्नि हता तदा। कृत्या पपात मेदिन्यां भस्म सा च जगाह ह॥