His antagonists meanwhile, filled with rage, O monarch, tried to assail that great car-warrior of the Pandavas and opposed other combatants (that tried to rescue him).
ते तु क्रुद्धा महाराज पाण्डवस्य महारथम्॥ निग्रहीतुं प्रवृत्ता हि योधांश्चान्यानवारयन्।