Fighting hand to hand, O king, for a short time, those heroic warriors, viz., the followers of the Madra king, were killed.
ते मुहूर्ताद् रणे वीरा हस्ताहस्ति विशाम्पते॥ निहताः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त मद्रराजपदानुगाः।