Those two heroes began to assail one another like two heifers among a herd of kine. Then for the sake of protecting Bhishma, the mighty Durmukha confronted the Rakshasa Ghatotkacha, who had been advancing to the fight slaying your troops. Then, O king, the son of Hidimba excited with wrath, struck that afflicter of foes viz., Durmukha on the breast with an arrow of straight knots. Then the heroes Durmukha, having cheerfully pierced Bhimasena's son with sixty keep-pointed arrows, uttered his war-cry, standing at the van of the army. Then that mighty car-warrior, the son of Hridika checked that foremost of carwarriors Dhrishtadyumna as he was advancing desirous of slaying Bhishma. Then the son of Prishata having pierced Hridika's son with five iron dares,
घटोत्कचं रणे यान्तं निघ्नन्तं तव वाहिनीम्। दुर्मुखः समरे प्रायाद भीष्महेतोः पराक्रमी॥ हैडिम्बस्तु रणे राजन् दुर्मुखं शत्रुतापनम्। आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धः शरेणानतपर्वणा॥ भीमसेनसुतं चापि दुर्मुखः सुमुखैः शरैः। षष्ट्या वीरो नदन् हृष्टो विव्याध रणमूर्धनि॥ धृष्टद्युम्नं तथाऽऽयान्तं भीष्मस्य वधकाक्षिणम्। हार्दिक्यो वारयामास रथश्रेष्ठं महारथः॥ हार्दिक्य: पार्षतं चापि विद्ध्वा पञ्चभिरायसैः। पुनः पञ्चाशता तूर्णं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्॥