तमापतन्तं स विलक्ष्य दूरात् कुमारहोद्विग्नमना रथेन । पराद्रवत्प्राणपरीप्सुरुर्व्यां यावद्गमं रुद्रभयाद्यथा क: ॥ १८ ॥
tam apatantam sa vilaksya durat kumara-hodvigna-mana rathena paradravat prana-paripsur urvyam yavad-gamam rudra-bhayad yatha kah
- tam
- him
- apatantam
- coming over furiously
- sah
- he
- vilaksya
- seeing
- durat
- from a distance
- kumara-ha
- the murderer of the princes
- udvigna-manah
- disturbed in mind
- rathena
- on the chariot
- paradravat
- fled
- prana
- life
- paripsuh
- for protecting
- urvyam
- with great speed
- yavat-gamam
- as he fled
- rudra-bhayat
- by fear of Siva
- yatha
- as
- kah
- Brahma (or arkah—Surya).
Asvatthama, the murderer of the princes, seeing from a great distance Arjuna coming at him with great speed, fled in his chariot, panic stricken, just to save his life, as Brahma fled in fear from Siva.