In that dreadful battle, O son of Pritha, capable of causing the hair to stand erect, who else, O Arjuna, except the divine Maheshvara, that foremost of all bowmen, could even in his mind, dare defeat that host that was protected by those great smiters and bowmen, viz., Ashvatthaman, Karna and Kripa.
तस्मिन् घोरे सदा पार्थ संग्रामे रोमहर्षणे। द्रौणिकर्णकृपैर्गुप्तां महेष्वासैः प्रहारिभिः॥ कस्तां सेनां तदा पार्थ मनसापि प्रधर्षयेत्। ऋते देवान्महेष्वासाद् बहुरूपान्महेश्वरात्॥