Then, the father and the son (Virata and Sankha) riding on the same car, putting forth all their energies, endeavored to check the son of Bharadvaja with a mighty shower of arrows.
ततस्तु तौ पितापुत्रौ भारद्वाजं रथे स्थितौ। महता शरवर्षेण वारयामासतुर्बलात्॥