Afterwards he, being greatly enraged, struck Susharman his shoulder-joint. Thereupon the entire army of the Samsaptakas, that became very wrathful, having surrounded Dhananjaya on all sides, crushed him with a shower of weapons and thereby caused the ten points of the horizon echo with their roars.
सुशर्माणं सुसंक्रुद्धो जत्रुदेशे समाहनत्। तत: संशप्तकाः सर्वे परिवार्य धनंजयम्॥ शस्त्रौधैर्ममृदुः क्रुद्धा नादयन्तो दिशो दश।