After that dreadful battle, producing pools of blood, had taken place and when only a few of the brave Samsaptakas remained alive, Dhristadyumna, with all the kings and the mighty car-warrior Pandavas, rushed towards Karna.
तस्मिन् प्रवृत्ते संग्रामे तुमुले शोणितोदके। संशप्तकेषु शूरेषु किंचिच्छिष्टेषु भारत॥ धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज सहित: सर्वराजभिः । कर्णमेवभिदुद्राव पाण्डवाश्च महारथाः॥