After the fall of Karna, the Kauravas became dispirited, and lost all energy. Numbering three Akshaushinis, they gathered round the king of the Madras.
हते कर्णे तु कौरव्या निरुत्साहा हतौजसः। अक्षौहिणीभिस्तिसृभिर्मद्रेशं पर्यवारयन्॥