Invokes Agneyastra

Addressed, from wrath, in such harsh and cruel words by Partha, O king, Drona's son, that foremost of all mighty bowmen, became
highly angry with Partha and especially with Krishna. The valiant Aswatthaman, then, staying resolutely
on his car, touched water and invoked the Agneya weapon incapable of being resisted by the very gods.

Aiming at all his visible and invisible foes, the preceptor's son, that slayer of hostile heroes, inspired
with mantras a blazing shaft possessed of the effulgence of a smokeless fire, and let it off on all sides,
filled with rage. Dense showers of arrows then issued from it in the welkin. Endued with fiery flames,
those arrows encompassed Partha on all sides. Meteors flashed down from the firmament. A thick gloom
suddenly shrouded the (Pandava) host.

All the points of the compass also were enveloped by that darkness. Rakshasas and Pisachas, crowding together, uttered fierce cries. Inauspicious winds began to blow. The sun himself no longer gave any heat. Ravens fiercely croaked on all sides. Clouds roared in
the welkin, showering blood. Birds and beasts and kine, and Munis of high vows and souls under
complete control, became exceedingly uneasy. The very elements seemed to be perturbed. The sun
seemed to turn. The universe, scorched with heat, seemed to be in a fever. The elephants and other
creatures of the land, scorched by the energy of that weapon, ran in fright, breathing heavily and
desirous of protection against that terrible force. The very waters heated, the creatures residing in that
element, O Bharata, became exceedingly uneasy and seemed to burn. From all the points of the
compass, cardinal and subsidiary, from the firmament and the very earth, showers of sharp and fierce
arrows fell and issued with the impetuosity of Garuda or the wind.

Drona Parva Section CCI