While that son of Atiratha had touched the bow-string and put on his fences, surely there was no person, who could be bold enough to stand up in his front. Indeed, the earth might be deprived of the splendour of the Moon and the rays of the Sun; but the slaughter of the lord of men who did never turn away from the field could not be possible in battle.
न हि ज्यां संस्पृशानस्य तलने वाऽपि गृह्णतः॥ पुमानाधिरथेः स्थातुं कश्चित् प्रमुखतोऽर्हति। अपि स्यान्मेदिनी हीना सोमसूर्यप्रभांशुभिः॥ न वधः पुरुषेन्द्रस्य संयुगेष्वपलायिनः।