When the (Pandava) king had been reduced to that plight, the great Bhimasena, quickly cutting off the bow of the Madra king with an arrow of great force, struck the king himself with a couple of arrows,
तथा कृते राजनि भीमसेनो मद्राधिपस्याथ ततो महात्मा। छित्त्वा धनुर्वेगवता शरेण द्वाभ्यामविध्यत् सुभृशं नरेन्द्रम्॥