The warriors in the Pandava camp saw that embodiment as representing Death-night, of black visage, and having bloody mouth and bloody eyes, wearing crimson garlands and smeared with crimson unguents, clad in a single piece of red cloth, with a noose in hand, and resembling an elderly lady, singing a dreadful song, and standing erect before their eyes, and about to lead away men and horses and elephant all bound in a strong rope.
न्यकृन्तदसिना द्रौणिरसिमार्गविशारदः॥ काली रक्तास्यनयनां रक्तमाल्यानुलेपनाम्। रक्ताम्बरधरामेको पाशहस्तां कुटुम्बिनीम्॥ दद्दशुः कालरात्रिं ते गायमानमवस्थिताम्। नराश्वकुञ्जरान् पाशैर्बद्ध्वा घोरेः प्रतस्थुषीम्॥