I have seen the valiant son of Subhadra, of lustrous eyes, fall at the hands of six heartless charioteers belonging to the Dhritarasthra force. Harassing mighty heroes like Drona, Drona's son and Kripa and others, he divested elephants of their riders and mighty charioteers of their cars. Abhimanyu of mighty neck, the pride and the glory of both the Kurus and the Vrisnis, made also the steeds bereft of their riders and the infantry, their arms and life. Overthrowing the hostile files and harassing many powerful charioteers, he has packed off numbers of men and steeds and elephants to the gates of Pluto. O friend, by truth I swear unto you that I am burning at the thought that while Subhadra's son was thus advancing, striking down with his arrows the hostile force, even then, O lord Partha, the malevolent Karna, unable to withstand him in a face to face fight, had been engaged in acts of hostility to that heroic Abhimanyu. Mangled with the arrows of Subhadra's son, rendered senseless and bathed in blood.
यच तद् धार्तराष्ट्रस्य क्रूरैः षड्भिर्महारथैः॥ अपश्यं निहतं वीरं सौभद्रमृषभेक्षणम्। द्रोणद्रौणिकृपान् वीरान् कर्षयन्तं नरर्षभान्॥ निर्मनुष्यांश्च मातङ्गान् विरथांश्च महारथान्। व्यश्वारोहांश्च तुरगान् पत्तीन् व्याधुजीविनः॥ कुर्वन्तमृषभस्कन्धं कुरुवृष्णियशस्करम्। विधमन्तमनीकानि व्यथयन्तं महारथान्॥ मनुष्यवाजिमातङ्गान् प्राहिण्वन्तं यमक्षयम्। शरैः सौभद्रमायान्तं दहन्तमिव वाहिनीम्॥ तन्मे दहति गात्राणि सखे सत्येन ते शपे। यत् तत्रापि च दुष्टात्मा कर्णोऽभ्यद्रुह्यत प्रभो॥ अशक्नुवंश्चाभिमन्योः कर्णः स्थातु रणेऽग्रतः। सौभद्रशरनिर्भिन्नो विसंज्ञः शोणितोक्षितः॥