The Pandava soldiers as well as the Prishata prince Dhrishtadyumna saw him coming like a surging wave which resembled a snake fallen from the sky. He whirled his sword and looked like the sun. He advanced with the gait of an enraged elephant.
तं महौघमिवायान्तं खात् पतन्तमिवोरगम्। भ्रान्तावरणनिस्त्रिंशं कालोत्सृष्टमिवान्तकम्॥ दीप्यमानमिवादित्यं मत्तवारणाविक्रमम्। अपश्यनं पाण्डवास्तत्र धृष्टद्युम्नश्च पार्षतः॥