Beholding those soldiers of ours almost deprived of weapons and surrounded by the enemy, I myself, O king, having only two kinds of forces and caring for life, joined the five leaders of our army and fought with the forces of the Panchala prince and placed our men where Sharadvata's son was.
विवर्णमुखभूयिष्ठमभवत् तावकं बलम्। परिक्षीणायुधान् दृष्ट्वा तानहं परिवारितान्॥ राजन् बलेन व्यतेन त्यक्त्वा जीवितमात्मनः। आत्मना पञ्चमोऽयुद्ध्यं पाञ्चालस्य बलेन ह॥ तस्मिन् देशे व्यवस्थाय यत्र शारद्वतः स्थितः।