Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 23

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akarṇadhārāśugasaṃbhṛtāṅgatāṃ gatairaritreṇa vināsya vairibhiḥ /
vidhāya yāvattaraṇerbhidāmaho nimajjya tīrṇaḥ samare bhavārṇavaḥ //

His enemies, whose bodies were pierced by swift arrows without helmsmen, without an oar, / having pierced the sun [taraṇi], alas, drowned in battle and crossed the ocean of worldly existence.