Then, O monarch, Jayadratha the royal son of the Sindhu king, checked the Parthas backed by their troops, when they tried to rescue their son (Abhimanyu).
सैन्धवस्य महाराज पुत्रो राजा जयद्रथः। स पुत्रगृद्धिनः पार्थान् सहसैन्यानवारयत्॥