Seeing that Keshava was incapable of being vanquished in his chariot drawn by white horses they fled leaving the ruler of the Chedis as small animals do at the sight of a lion.
तमसा केशवं तत्र मत्वा सुग्रीवयुक्तेन रथेन कृष्णम्। केप्राद्रवंश्चेदिपति विहाय सिंहं दृष्ट्वा क्षुद्रमृगा इवान्ये॥