Then, gladdening his host, roaring like a lion again and again, the son of Arjuna [Abhimanyu] swiftly took up an arrow bringing death to Paurava. With two arrows Hardikya [Kritavarman] cut through his bow together with its nocked arrow. Casting aside that severed bow, Saubhadra [Abhimanyu], slayer of enemy heroes, with that shield studded with many [golden] stars, as one skilled of hand, ranged about all [battle] paths with his whirling sword, displaying his own prowess. Now whirled, now tossed up, now shaken, now raised — the [blade and] shield, O king, appeared to the eye as a single blur.