Thereupon Shikhandin, worked up with anger, speedily approached the son of Gautaina and discharged a shower of arrows upon that best of men.
शिखण्डी च ततः क्रुद्धो गौतमं त्वरितो ययौ। ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि समन्ताद् द्विजपुङ्गवम्॥