If he was protected by our warriors and if they protected by him, how is it that he could not defeat in battle the Pandava army, invincible though it was?
रक्ष्यमाणः कथं वीरैर्गोप्यमानाच तेन ते। दुर्जयानामनीकानि नाजयंस्तरसा युधि॥