Like insects on a burning fire, they have all been consumed by falling upon Drona whose car was the chamber of fire, having the bow for its flames and arrows and darts and maces for its fuel.
रथाग्न्यगारं चापार्चिःशरशक्तिगदेन्धनम्। द्रोणमासाद्य निर्दग्धाः शलभा इव पावकम्॥