He possesses all the necessary attributes of an warrior and is a dispeller of the fears of his friends, always hostile to the Pandavas and ever bent upon doing good turns to the sons of Dhritarashtra.
सर्वयोधगुणैर्युक्तो मित्राणामभयंकरः। सततं पाण्डवद्वेषी धार्तराष्ट्रहिते रतः॥