Shikhandin, observing from his own chariot, (the sad predicament of) Kripa thus deprived of his conveyance, did not like to pursue him with his shafts; the son of Drona, in the meanwhile, covering the car of Kripa with that of his own, like a bull fallen in a ditch, rescued him.
कृपं तु दृष्ट्वा विरथं रथस्थो नैच्छच्छरैस्ताडयितुं शिखण्डी। तं द्रौणिरावार्य रथं कृपस्य समुजहे पङ्कगतां यथा गाम्॥