Then scattering his sharp shafts like the lustrous orb of the day scattering his rays, he afflicted that host of the Kurus like maladies afflicting the body.
किरनिषुगणांस्तीक्ष्णान् स रश्मीनिव भास्कर.। तापयामास तत् सैन्यं देहं व्याधिगणो यथा॥