visphūrjya - twanging; ruciram - attractive; cāpam - his bow; sarvān - all of them; vivyādha - he pierced; sāyakaiḥ - with his arrows; karṇa-ādīn - Karṇa and the others; ṣaṭ - six; rathān - the chariots; vīraḥ - the hero, Sāmba; tāvadbhiḥ - with as many; yugapat - simultaneously; pṛthak - each individually; caturbhiḥ - with four (arrows); caturaḥ - the four; vāhān - horses (of each chariot); eka-ekena - with one each; ca - and; sārathīn - the chariot drivers; rathinaḥ - the warriors commanding the chariots; ca - and; mahā-iṣu-āsān - great bowmen; tasya - his; tat - that; te - they; abhyapūjayan - honored.

Twanging his wonderful bow, heroic Sāmba struck with arrows the six warriors headed by Karṇa. He pierced the six chariots with as many arrows, each team of four horses with four arrows, and each chariot driver with a single arrow, and he similarly struck the great bowmen who commanded the chariots. The enemy warriors congratulated Sāmba for this display of prowess.