The winds that blew appeared to be mixed with smoke; all the directions seemed to be agitated. Drona, Vikarna, Jayadratha, Bhurishrava, Kritvarma, Kripa, Shrutayusha, the ruler of Ambashta, Vinda and Anuvinda, Sudakshina, the people of the western country, the various tribes of Souviras, the Vasatis, the Kshudrakas, and the Malavas, all these at the command of the Gautamas royal son soon came to Kiritin (Arjuna) for battle. The grandson of Shini saw that Kiritin was surrounded by many thousands of horse and foot soldiers and car-warriors and great elephants. Having seen Vasudeva and Arjuna thus surrounded by infantry and elephants and horses and cars on all sides that foremost of all wielders of arms, that chief of the Shini's, soon went to that place. That ioremost of bowmen, the Shini Chief quickly rushed upon those troops and soon came to Arjuna's aid, as cars Vishnu came to the slayer Vritra. That foremost of Shini warriors cheerfully thus addressed the troops of Yudhishthira who were all frightened by Bhishma, and whose elephants, horses and numberless standards had been mangled and broken into pieces and who were all flying away from the battle-field “O Kshatriyas, were do you go? This is not the duty of virtuous men as declared by the ancients.
ववुश्च वात्सतुमुलाः सधूमा दिशश्च सर्वाः क्षुभिता बभूवुः॥ द्रोणो विकर्णोऽथ जयद्रथश्च भूरिश्रवाः कृतवर्मा कृपश्च। श्रुतायुरम्बष्ठपतिश्च राजा विन्दानुविन्दौ च मुदक्षिणश्च॥ प्राच्याश्च सौवीरगणाश्च सर्वे वसातयः क्षुद्रकमालवाश्च। निदेशगाः शान्तनवस्य राज्ञः॥ रनेकसाहस्रशतैर्ददर्श। किरीटिनं सम्परिवार्यमाणं शिनेर्नप्ता वारणयूथपैश्च॥ ततस्तु दृष्ट्वार्जुनवासुदेवौ पदातिनागाश्वरथैः समन्तात्। अभिद्रुतौ शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठौ शिनिप्रवीरोऽभिससार तूर्णम्॥ स तान्यनीकानि महाधनुष्माशिनिप्रवीरः सहसाभिपत्य। चकार साहाय्यमथार्जुनस्य विष्णुर्यथा वृत्रनिषूदनस्य॥ विशीर्णनागाश्वरथध्वजौघं भीष्मेण वित्रासितसर्वयोधम्। युधिष्ठिरानीकमभिद्रवन्तं प्रोवाच संदृश्य शिनिप्रवीरः॥ क्व क्षत्रिया यास्यथ नैष धर्मः सतां पुरस्तात् कथितः पुराणैः।