Deluging the ground with blood drawn by means of shafts resembling the thunderbolt itself. Dhananjaya, inflamed with wrath, plunged deep into the ranks of the Bharata troops. When he thus advancing, Shrutayudha the ruler of the Ambashtha's then opposed him.
वज्रकल्पैः शरैर्भूमिं कुर्वन्नुत्तरशोणिताम्॥ प्राविशद् भारती सेनां संकुद्धो वै धनंजयः। तं श्रुतायुस्तथाम्बष्ठो व्रजमानं न्यवारयत्॥