With uplifted weapons fell to slaughter him (Dhrishtadyumna), like so many dreadful comets falling down at the hour of destruction at the end of a Yuga. Grasping beautiful bows and shaking the earth with the twang of their bows and the rattle of their car-wheels, those heroes,
वधाय निष्पेतुरुदायुधास्ते युगक्षये केतवो यद्वदुग्राः। प्रगृह्य चास्त्राणि धनूंषि वीरा ज्यां नेमिघोषैः प्रविकम्पयन्तः॥