Just as the sun rising in the heavens destroys deep darkness (of night), so did Arjuna destroy elephant with his arrows furnished with wings of Kanka-feathers.
यथोदयन् वै गगने सूर्यो हन्ति महत् ममः। तथार्जुनो गजानीकमवधीत् कङ्कपत्रिभिः॥