Neither the sky, nor the sun, nor the cardinal points, nor the earth, O best of men, could be distinguished, in consequence of the continuous showers of arrows shot by Kiritin (Arjuna).
नाप्यन्तरिक्षं न दिशो न भूमिर्न च भास्करः। प्रजज्ञे भरतश्रेष्ठं शस्त्रसङ्घः किरीटिनः॥