Thus assailed on all sides by the leading Pandava warriors Karna invoked the assistance of the Brahma weapon and filled all the quarters with his arrows.
स पाण्डवानां प्रवरैः सर्वतः समभिद्रुतः। उदीरयन् ब्राह्ममस्त्रं शरैरापूरयद् दिशः॥