As that battle, destructive of elephants, horses and men, raged on fiercely a river of blood flew from the bodies of men, horses and elephants. That stream carried away many bodies of men, horses and elephants that fell there.
तथा वर्तति संग्रामे गजवाजिनरक्षये॥ नराश्वनागदेहेभ्यः प्रसृता लोहितापगा। गजाश्वनरदेहान् सा व्युवाह पतितान् बहून्॥