His armour having been cut off by Yudhishthira the illustrious Shalya, strong as Indra's elephant, stretching his arms, dropped down on the Earth, like a mountain summit clapped by a thunder-bolt.
प्रसार्य वाहू च रथाद् गतो गां संछिन्नवर्मा कुरुनन्दनेन। महेन्द्रवाहप्रतिमो महात्मा वज्राहतं शृङ्गमिवाचलस्य॥