Meanwhile the sun and the heavens had assumed a crimson hue. Desirous of the speedy setting of the sun, the Kaurava warriors bending their bows with arms resembling the tapering bodies of serpents.
सूर्यास्तमनमिच्छन्तो लोहितायति भास्करे। ते भुजैर्भोगिभोगाभै—yष्यानम्य सायकान्॥