O monarch, being greatly distressed by Vrishasena in that encounter, Pandu's son Nakula, the best of men and of great energy then rushed on for the purpose of killing Karna's son.
स तेन विद्धोऽतिभृशं तरस्वी महाहवे वृषसेनेन राजन्॥ क्रुद्धेन धावन् समरे जिघांसुः कर्णात्मजं पाण्डुसुतो नृवीरः।