Took even the motion of a straw for Karna. Greatly confounded; the combatants mistook their flying friends for Karna and then fled from them in great fright. Then, O Bharata, as those broken and routed divisions were flying away.
तृणप्रस्पन्दनाचापि सूतपुत्रं स्म मेनिरे॥ अपि स्वं समरे योधं धावमानं विचेतसम्। कर्णमेवाभ्यमन्यन्त ततो भीता द्रवन्ति ते॥ तान्यनीकानि भग्नानि द्रवमाणानि भारत।