With the shower of his arrows Kritavarman then checked the vehicles of his foes standing before him. The Pandava warriors though thus i afflicted by the Bhoja king, yet stood like noble heroes, desirous on encountering the divisions of the Bhojas and of winning great renown in battle.
अभितस्ताशरौघेण कान्तवाहानकारयत्॥ निगृहीतास्तु भोजेन भोजानीकेप्सवो रणे। अतिष्ठन्नार्यवद् वीराः प्रार्थयन्तो महदृशः॥