The illustrious Yudhishthira then, taking a new and more powerful bow in that battle, struck Shalya with many keen pointed arrows from all sides like Indra striking the Asura Namuchi.
नवं ततोऽन्यत् समरे प्रगृह्य राजा धनुर्घोरतरं महात्मा। शल्यं विव्याध शरैः समन्ताद् यथा महेन्द्रो नमुचिं शिताप्रैः॥