Assuming the form, of Rudra or that of Upendra in battle, he afflicted the Pandava detachment and played a havoc with them.
दर्शयित्वाऽऽत्मनो रूपं रुदोपेन्द्रसमं युधि॥ पाण्डवानामनीकानि प्रगृह्यसौ व्यशातयत्।