When the son of Adhiratha was engaged in striking those heroes his body, besmeared with blood and swelled with pride and animation, looked like the gigantic form of Rudra himself.
तेषामाददतः प्राणानासीदाधिरथेवपुः॥ शोणिताभ्युक्षिताङ्गस्य रुद्रस्येवोर्जितं महत्।