Struck by the Kurus, the Pandava troops, in the very presence of the two Krishnas, could not stand in the field though checked by Bhimasena. Worked up with anger Dhananjaya covered Kripa and his followers, as also Kritavarman, with showers of arrows.
ते वध्यामानाः समरे पाण्डवा नावतस्थिरे। निवार्यमाणा भीमेन पश्यतोः कृष्णयोस्तदा॥ ततो धनंजयः क्रुद्धः कृपं सह पदानुगैः। अवाकिरच्छरौघेण कृतवर्माणमेव च॥