Mahabharata 8.17.38

तमापतन्तं विशिखं यमदण्डोपमत्विषम्खड्गेन शितधारेण द्विधा चिच्छेद कौरवः

tamāpatantaṃ viśikhaṃ yamadaṇḍopamatviṣamkhaḍgena śitadhāreṇa dvidhā ciccheda kauravaḥ

Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.