Thus when that awful and terrible combat raged fiercely, Dussaha pierced Abhimanyu with nine arrows, Dushasana pierced him with twelve, Kripa and the son of Saradvata with three, Drona with seventeen arrows, all resembling so many snakes of virulent poison.
तस्मिंस्तु घोरे संग्रामे वर्तमाने भयंकरे। दुःसहो नवभिर्बाणैरभिमन्युमविध्यत॥ दुःशासनो द्वादशभिः कृपः शारद्वतस्त्रिभिः। द्रोणस्तु सप्तदशभिः शरैराशीविषोपमैः॥