Hearing those words of the Panchalas, Kshatradharma withstood Drona. Then the mighty Kshatradharma filled with rage, cut-off with a crescent-shaped arrow Drona's bow with shafts fixed on its string. Thereat excited to the highest pitch of fury that crusher of Kshatriyas viz., Drona.
तेषां श्रुत्वा क्षत्रधर्मा व्यवस्थितः। अर्धचन्द्रेण चिच्छेद क्षत्रधर्मा महाबलः॥ क्रोधसंविग्नमनसो द्रोणस्य सशरं धनुः। स संरब्धतरो भूत्वा द्रोणः क्षत्रियमर्दनः॥ तद् वचनं