Sakuni led the attack on Sahadeva's division.After a while, Sahadeva dis- charged a sharp-edged sword-arrow saying:

"Fool, here is the reward for your great sin." It went straight and cut through Sakuni's neck like a sword and the head, which was at the root of all the wicked deeds of the Kauravas, rolled on the ground.

Left leaderless, the wreck of the broken army scattered and fled in all directions, pursued and slaughtered to a man by the exulting victors.

"'Thus utterly was destroyed thine army of eleven Akshauhinis, O! Bharata: out of the thousands of kings, who espoused thy cause in their pride and might, only Duryo- dhana could be seen on that battle-field, fainting and sore wounded," said Sanjaya, describing the debacle to the blind king.