Then, O foremost of the Bharata's race, Duryodhana, thus deprived of all his weapons in the battle, was protected by his brothers.
दुर्योधन तु विरथं छिन्नवर्मायुधं रणे॥ भ्रातरः पर्यरक्षन्त सोदरा भरतर्षभा