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.