O the best in Bharata dynasty, ) Janamejaya! thus the war-craft/strategy of the whole army shattered. The soldiers began departing under sheer despair wherever they found the way to escape and defend their life.
एवं सर्वाणि सैन्यानि भग्नानि भरतर्षभ। व्यद्रवन्त दिशः सर्वा निराशानि स्वजीविते॥