O monarch, Savyasachin, the greatest of warriors and foremost of the Kuru race, in that fight soon destroyed two thousand great Kuru warriors who were protecting the wings and car wheels of Karna and formed his van and rear guards, with all elephants, cars and horses; they were the select portion of Duryodhana's car warriors and were fighting bravely under his orders.
स चक्ररथानथ पादरक्षान् पुरःसरान् पृष्ठगोपांश्च सर्वान्। दुर्योधनेनानुमतानरिघ्नः समुद्यतान् स रथान् सारभूतान्॥ द्विसाहस्त्रान् समरे सव्यसाची कुरुप्रवीरानृषभः कुरूणाम्। क्षणेन सर्वान् सरथाश्वसूतान् निनाय राजन् क्षयमेकवीरः॥