Karna and all the brothers (of the Kalinga prince) could not bear that act of the part of Bhimasena. They (therefore) struck him with keen darts (as fierce) as poisonous snakes.
तं कर्णो भ्रातरश्चास्य नामृष्यन्त परंतप। ते भीमसेनं नाराचैर्जघ्नुराशीविषोपमैः॥