The elephants were pierced on every part of their bodies with the arrows of keen points shot by hundreds and thousands from the bow Gandiva.
ते गजा विशिखैस्तीक्ष्णैर्युधि गाण्डीवचोदितैः। अनेकशतसाहस्रः सर्वाङ्गेषु समर्पिताः॥