The Kuru prince could not see his own mace thus baffled in that attack. He was enraged like an infuriate elephant at the sight of a rival elephant.
तां नामृष्यत कौरव्यो गदां प्रतिहतां रणे॥ मत्तो द्विप इव क्रुद्धः प्रतिकुञ्जरदर्शनात्।