Disregarding Arjuna's message, they attacked him with their arrows. The diadem decked Arjuna resisted those warriors who were under the control of darkness and passion.
तदनादृत्य ते सर्वे शरैरभ्यहनस्तदा। तमोरजोभ्यां संछन्नांस्तान् किरीटी न्यवारयत्॥