After they had come back, O king and separately taken up their positions in a wellformed array, an awful encounter took place in which blood flowed freely like water. The invincible Nakula encountered Chitrasena.
तेषु राजन् निवृत्तेषु व्यूढानीकेषु भागशः। प्रावर्तत महारौद्रः संग्रामः शोणितोदकः॥ समाळुचित्रसेनं तु नकुलो युद्धदुर्मदः।