Just as a man burning with thirst eagerly welcomes a shower of rain, so did also the son of Ganga receive the shower of arrows discharged by Shikhandin.
उष्णातॊ हि नरो यद्वज्जलधाराः प्रतीच्छति। तथा जग्राह गाङ्गेयः शरधारा: शिखण्डिनः॥