Like the mighty thunder bolt of Indra discharged by him, dropping through the skies. Then beholding that trident fallen and severed in twin, that ruler of the earth Bhagadatta,
महाशनिर्यथा भ्रष्टा शक्रुमुक्ता नभोगता। शूलं निपतितं दृष्ट्वा द्विधा कृत्तं च पार्थिवः॥