Thus afflicted in action with shots flung from Arjuna's bow, those mighty car-warriors, terrified and panic-stricken, began gradually to melt away.
ते वध्यमाना समरे पार्थचापच्युतैः शरैः। तत्र यत्र स्म लीयन्ते भये जाते महारथाः॥