Then that lance hurled by the arms of the king, resembling a snake that has cast off its slough and illumining the cardinal and subsidiary quarters coursed towards Drona's division like a she-snake of fiery mouth.
सा राजभुजनिर्मुक्ता निर्मुक्तोरगसंनिभा। प्रज्वालयन्ती गगनं दिशः सप्रदिशस्तथा॥ द्रोणान्तिकमनुप्राप्ता दीप्तास्या पन्नगी यथा।