Thereupon your heroic son Vikarna, having remembered the duties of a Kshatriya, stood in front of the enemies, without his weapons on and also without a conveyance.
तथा पुत्रो विकर्णस्ते क्षत्रव्रतमनुस्मरन्। क्षीणवाहायुधः शूरः स्थितोऽभिमुखतः परान्॥