His armour having been cut off by Bhimasena, the great king of Madras, taking up a sword and a shield adorned with a thousand stars, leaped down from his car and rushed towards the son of Kunti. Cutting off the shaft of Nakula's car, the powerful Shalya rushed towards Yudhishthira.
स भीमसेनेन निकृत्तवर्मा मद्राधिपश्चर्म सहस्रतारम्॥ प्रगृह्य खड्गं च रथान्महात्मा प्रस्कन्ध कुन्तीसुतमभ्यधावत्। छित्त्वा रथेषां नकुलस्य सोऽथ युधिष्ठिरं भीमबलोऽभ्यधावत्॥