During the onset of that great carnage, Shakuni, aided by the force, displayed his valor and assailed the Pandava army at the rear, killing it with his keen arrows.
बलेन तेन विक्रम्य वर्तमाने जनक्षये। पृष्ठतः पाण्डवानीकमभ्यघ्ननिशितैः शरैः॥