Then the mighty-armed Krishna versed in horse-lore, urged those horses of Argentine hue towards the car of Jayadratha. Then as Arjuna proceeded shooting swift-flying arrows ever hitting their marks. O mighty monarch, the foremost warriors of yours troops quickly proceeded to meet him. They Duryodhana, Karna, Vrishasena, the king of the Madras.
ततः कृष्णो महाबाहु रजतप्रतिमान् हयान्। हयज्ञश्चोदयामास जयद्रथवधं प्रति॥ तं प्रयान्तममोघेषुमुत्पतद्भिरिवाशुगैः। त्वरमाणा महाराज सेनामुख्या: समाद्रवन्॥ दुर्योधनश्च कर्णश्च वृषसेनोऽथ मद्रराट्।