They lost no more time but drove quickly to where Bhagadatta was doing havoc. As soon as Arjuna's car was seen, the Pandava forces rallied and soon Arjuna reached the lines where Bhagadatta was.

Bhagadatta attacked Arjuna on Supratika like the Destroyer incarnate. But Vasu- deva's skill avoided the shock, each time the beast charged.

Bhagadatta showered arrows on Arjuna and Krishna. But Arjuna's arrows broke the elephant's armour and began to hurt the beast. Bhagadatta saw that his elephant could no longer stand the attack and he hurled a javelin at Krishna.

Arjuna met it with a shaft from his bow and broke it into two. Bhagadatta then dis- charged another javelin which struck Dhananjaya's helmet.