'I shall meet him first, I shall meet him first'-boasting in this way, those foremost Kshatriyas then encountered Arjuna's son, out of a desire for slaying him.
अहं पूर्वमहं पूर्वमिति क्षत्रियपुङ्गवाः। स्वर्धमानाः समाजग्मुर्जिघांसन्तोऽर्जुनात्मजम्॥