These foot-soldiers, worked up with great anger, having lost their friends and kinsmen, were prepared to cast away their lives and rushed in that battle towards Bhima like insects towards a blazing fire.
पदातयो हि संरब्धास्त्यक्तजीवितबान्धवाः॥ भीममभ्यद्रवन् संख्ये पतङ्गा इव पावकम्।