Bhishma carefully determined to kill Shveta. Seeing that foremost of car-warriors fighting on foot, many great car-warriors rushed untidily to his rescue. They were Satyaki, Bhimasena, and that descendant of Prishata, Dhrishtadyumna.
सम्प्रहृष्टमना भूत्वा वधे तस्य मनो दधे। विरथं रथिनां श्रेष्ठं श्वेतं दृष्ट्वा पदातिनम्॥ सहितास्त्वभ्यवर्तन्त परीप्सन्तो महारथाः। सात्यकिर्भीमसेनश्च धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः॥