The Mlechha king who could not extricate himself from the dropping elephant was also falling with it; with an admirable lightness of hand, Vrikodara cut-off the head of that monarch.
तस्यावर्जितनागस्य म्लेच्छस्याधः पतिष्यतः। शिरश्चिच्छेद भल्लेन क्षिप्रकारी वृकोदरः॥