Beholding Bhima thus involved in a dangerous situation, O king, the Pandava warriors headed by Yudhishthira, began to afflict Kritavarman by shooting numerous arrows.
भीमसेनं तथा दृष्ट्वा धर्मराजपुरोगमाः। विसृजन्तः शरान् राजन् कृतवर्माणमार्दयन्॥