Inspite of the dexterity and inflexibility of his hand, the son of Pandu, beholding the son of Drona, at the time, was greatly bewildered. And he (Arjuna) bethought himself of being deprived of his own prowess by that august personage (Ashvatthaman), whose bearing in the field, O king, presented a dazzling sight for human eyes.
स तथा क्षिप्रकारी च दृढहस्तश्च पाण्डवः। प्रमोहं परमं गत्वा प्रेक्ष्य तं द्रोणजं ततः॥ विक्रम विहतं मेन आत्मनः स महायशाः। तस्यास्य समरे राजन् वपुरासीत् सुदुद्देशम्॥