While he was thus crushing the Pandava troops, the sun of thousand rays went below the horizon. Then the hearts, of all those warriors exhausted with fatigue, yearned for the order of withdrawal.
मस्तं जगामाथ सहस्ररश्मिः। ततो बलानां श्रमकर्शितानां मनोऽवहारं प्रति सम्बभूव॥