That chastiser of foes, the younger brother of the chief of the celestial, angrily rushed towards Bhishma who stood in the midst of his troops, as a lion, from the desire of killing a large elephant, rushes towards it.
मदान्धमाजौ समुदीर्णदर्प सिंहो जिघांसन्निव वारणेन्द्रम्॥ सोऽभिद्रवन् भीष्ममनीकमध्ये क्रुद्धो महेन्द्रावरजः प्रमाथी।