Beholding that onslaugh of his own soldiers. O lord, King Duryodhana was filled with rage. Collecting the residue of his cars which was still many hundreds in number, as also his elephants and horse and foot, O scorcher of foes, your son said to those warriors:-"Meeting all the Pandavas with their friends and allies, in this battle and the Panchala prince also with his own army and killing them speedily turn back from the field.
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा दृष्ट्वा स्वबलसंक्षयम्। हतशेषान् समानीय क्रुद्धो रथगणान् बहून्॥ कुञ्जरांश्च हयांश्चैव पादातांश्च समन्ततः। उवाच सहितान् सर्वान् धार्तराष्ट्र इदं वचः॥ समासाद्य रणे सर्वान् पाण्डवान् ससुहृद्गणान्। पाञ्चाल्यं चापि सबलं हत्वा शघ्रं न्यवर्तत॥