That foremost of all smiters, viz., Bhimasena, rushed against the chariot of Alayudha, riding on his own car of solar effulgence and shooting showers of sharp arrows.
रथेनादित्यवपुषा भीमः प्रहरतां वरः। किरञ्छरौघान् प्रययावलायुधरथं प्रति॥