Their limbs were stiffened in a swoon and they lost their consciousness through the fatigue (of their exertions). Thereupon the king of the Kauravas, out of friendship, rushed (to the rescue of Chekitana,
मूर्छयाऽभिपरीताङ्गौ व्यायामेन तु मोहितौ। ततोऽभ्यधावद् वेगेन करकर्षः सुहृत्तया॥