Then the son of Kuru had severed into two fragments, with his keen-edged sword, that shaft, which was as resplendent as the very rod of Death himself, directed towards him.
तमापतन्तं विशिखं यमदण्डोपमत्विषम्। खड्गेन शितधारेण द्विधा चिच्छेद कौरवः॥