In that battle the eight great archer and chivalrous warriors-Chitrasena, Suchitra, Chitranga, Chitradarshana, Caruchitra, Sucharu, Nanda and Upananda had trapped in a circle the chariot of delicate Abhimanyu.
अष्टावेते महेष्वासाः सुकुमारा यशस्विनः। अभिमन्युरथं राजन् समन्तात् पर्यवारयन्॥