With the twelfth arrow he cut off his most excellent standard, and with the thirteenth resembling the thunder-bolt, Phalguni the equal of Indra, as if smiling, struck Kripa on the breast. Then with his bow cut off, dislodged from his car, his horses and charioteer slain, leaping down and taking up a mace, he soon hurled it at Arjuna. That shining and greatly polished mace hurled by him, came back baffled by Arjuna's shafts. Then to rescue the revengeful son of Sharadvata, all the soldiers covered Partha in battle on all sides with a downpour of shafts. Then turning the horses to the left and making the circle called Yamaka, Virata's son withstood all those warriors. Then taking Kripa with them, who had been dislodged from his car, all those leading warriors led him away from Dhananjaya, the son of Kunti. f
द्वादशेन तु भल्लेन चकर्तास्य ध्वजं तदा॥ ततो वज्रनिकाशेन फाल्गुनः प्रहसन्निव। त्रयोदशेनेन्द्रसमः कृपं वक्षस्यविध्यत॥ सच्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः। गदापाणिरवप्लुत्य तूर्णं चिक्षेप तां गदाम्॥ सा च मुक्ता गदा गुर्वी कृपेण सुपरिष्कृता। अर्जुनेन शरैर्नुन्ना प्रतिमार्गमथागमत्॥ तं तु योधाः परीप्सन्तः शारद्वतममर्षणम्। सर्वतः समरे पार्थं शरवर्षेरवाकिरन्॥ ततो विराटस्य सुतः सव्यमावृत्य वाजिनः। यमकं मण्डलं कृत्वा तान् योधान् प्रत्यवारयत्॥ ततः कृपमुपादाय विरथं ते नरर्षभाः। अपजहुर्महावेगा कुन्तीपुत्राद् धनंजयात्॥