Hosts of elephants, O monarch and men, eager for victory, as also war-chariots and horses, O King of Kings, thickened around Vrikodara.
गजाश्च बहुला राजन् नराश्च जयगृद्धिनः॥ रथे स्थिताश्च राजेन्द्र परिवब्रुर्वृकोदरम्।