Thereupon, the preceptor, the crusher of large bodies of foes, desirous of capturing Yudhishthira, consumed those troops like fire consuming heaps of cotton.
ततो युधिष्ठिरं प्रेप्सुराचार्यः शत्रुपूगहा। व्यधमत् तान्यनीकानि तूलराशिमिवानलः॥