The battle they then fought was fearful and unparalleled. That chastiser of foes, king Drupada, angrily rushed on the ruler of Sindhu, Jayadratha. The Sindhu king wounded Drupada in that battle with three arrows, and Drupada too wounded him in return.
तयोस्तदभवद् युद्धं घोररूपं सुदारुणम्॥ द्रुपदस्तु अभ्युद्ययौ हृष्टरूपो हृष्टरूपं परंतपः॥ ततः सैन्धवको राजा दुपदं विशिखैस्त्रिभिः। ताडयामास समरे स च तं प्रत्यविध्यत॥