The son of Pritha severed into fragments, the armour, the vital parts, the trunks, the riders, the standards and flags of those elephants, which then fell down upon the earth, even as the summits of mountains drop down on the ground, when smitten by the thunder.
तेषां द्विपानां निचकर्त पार्थो वर्माणि चर्माणि करान् नियन्तृन्। र्वजाहतानीव गिरेः शिरांसि॥