Sanjaya said O monarch, do you hear me, who am describing to you how that battle, which was destructive of the bodies, sins and lives of persons, waged between the heroes (on our side) and the enemies.
संजय उवाच शृणु राजन् यथा वृत्तं संग्राम ब्रुवतो मम। वीराणां शत्रुभिः सार्धं देहपाप्मासुनाशनम्॥