Those steed yoked on war-chariots and elephants trampling down the vast array of foot-soldiers are fleeting away. In sooth, the whole host of the Kauravas, seized with consternation, are beating a hasty retreat, as do the terrified elephants in the midst of a flaming forest. The elephants are roaring furiously in the field and their savage cries, O Vishoka, make, one and all, utter cries of woe and alas!'
एते द्रवन्ति स रथाश्वनागाः पदातिसङ्घातिमर्दयन्तः। सम्मुह्यमानाः कौरवाः सर्व एव द्रवन्ति नागा इव दाहभीताः२६॥ हाहाकृताश्चैव रणे विशोक मुञ्चन्ति नादान् विपुलान् गजेन्द्राः॥