Save the fierce warrior Dhrishtadyumna supported by Arjuna himself. I think that when these heroes namely the Kekayas, the Chedis, the Karushas, the Matsyas and the other rulers of earth, encompassing the preceptor hemmed him in on all sides, like ants pressing upon a serpent and that when he was occupied in the achievement of some difficult feat, then the vilest among the Panchalas must have slain him. He who, having studied the four Vedas along with their auxiliaries and the Histories constituting the fifth Veda.
धृष्टद्युम्नाटते रौद्रात् पाल्यमानात् किरीटिना। तैर्वृतः सर्वतः शूरः पाञ्चाल्यापसदस्ततः॥ केकयैश्चेदिकारूषैर्मत्स्यैरन्यैश्च भूमिपैः। व्याकुलीकृतमाचार्यं पिपीलैरुरगं यथा॥ कर्मण्यसुकरे सक्तं जघानेति मतिर्मम। योऽधीत्य चतुरो वेदान् साङ्गानाख्यानपञ्चमान्॥