After the fall of Shakuni, the royal son of Dhritarashtra, whose army had suffered an extensive carnage and who on that account had become greatly dispirited, fled from the field, armed with his mace.
निहते शकुनौ राजा धार्तराष्ट्रः सुदुर्मनाः। आपाक्रामद् गदापाणिर्हतभूयिष्ठसैनिकः॥