Then blowing off all those arrows of the Panchalas and with a view to effect the death of these heroic Panchala warriors, the mighty car-warrior Drona, the afflicter of hostile troops, invoked into existence a Brahma weapon. At this time he looked resplendent like a blazing fire without a streak of smoke.
विधूय तान् बाणगणान् पञ्चालानां महारथः। प्रादुश्चक्रे ततो द्रोणो ब्राह्ममस्रं परंतपः॥ वधाय तेषां शूराणां पञ्चालानाममर्षितः। ततो व्यरोचत द्रोणो विनिघ्नन् सर्वसैनिकान्॥