When that foremost of Madhu's race careered on the field on his chariot drawn by horses of argentine hue and roared fiercely, O Bharata, there was none amongst your troops who could then check him.
तं यान्तमश्वै रजतप्रकाशैरायोधने वीरवरं नदन्तम्। नाशक्नुवन् वारयितुं त्वदीयाः सर्वे तथा भारत माधवाग्रयम्॥