I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that the mighty car-warriors Sansaptakas, appointed to defeat Arjuna, had been all killed by him.
यदाश्रौषं चास्मदीयान्महारथान् व्यवस्थितानर्जुनस्यान्तकाय। संशप्तकान् निहतानर्जुनेन तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥