When the Gandhara warriors were thus being killed all around him in battle, the royal son of Shakuni came forward to resist the son of Pandu.
वध्यमानेषु तेष्वाजौ गान्धारेषु समन्ततः॥ स राजा शकुनेः पुत्रः पाण्डवं प्रत्यवारयत्।