Beholding the earth that was saturated with blood coming out of the bodies of men, elephants and horses as if she were a courtezan clad in sable garments and golden ornaments, the Kauravas, who were bent upon going to the other world and who could not be recognized on account of their faces being covered with blood, could not stand therein that critical moment.
नराश्वमातङ्गशरीरजेन रक्तेन सिक्तां च तथैव भूमिम्। नारी प्रकाशामिव सर्वगम्याम्॥ प्रच्छन्नरूपां रुधिरेण राजन् रौद्रे मुहुर्तेऽतिविराजमाने। नैवावतस्थुः कुरवः समीक्ष्य प्रव्राजिता देवलोकाय सर्वे॥