Thereupon with thousand cars, three hundred elephants, fourteen thousand horses and two hundred thousand valiant footsoldiers, all well practised in aiming and highly skillful in all the ways of war and well armed with bows, the leaders of the Samanaptakas rushed towards the son of Kunti and covered the Pandavas, O king, with showers of shafts from all sides.
ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां त्रिभिः शतैः॥ चतुर्दशसहस्रेस्तु तुरगाणां महाहवे। द्वाभ्यां शतसहस्राभ्यं पदातीनां च धन्विनाम्॥ शूराणांबल्धलक्ष्याणां विदितानां समन्ततः। अभ्यवर्तन्त कौन्तेयं छादयन्तो महारथाः॥ शरवर्षेमहाराज सर्वतः पाण्डुनन्दनम्।