In the midst of at vast army stood Vrikodara, encompassed by the foremost elephant-force and advanced against your troops, each riding on the neck of an elephant.
तस्य सैन्यस्य महतो महामात्रवरैर्वृतः। मध्ये वृकोदरोऽभ्यायात् त्वदीयान् नागधूर्गतः॥