All the Kauravas beheld that blazing dart sending forth scintillations of fire as it passed through the sky after having been discharged with great force, like a large meteor dropping from the sky at the end of the cycle.
दीप्तामथैनां प्रहितां बलेन सविस्फुलिङ्गां सहसा पतन्तीम्। प्रेक्षन्त सर्वे कुरवः समेता दिवो युगान्ते महतीमिवोल्काम्॥