O descendant of Bharata, O king, in this battle of the Kurus and the Pandavas the earth will appear like a river of blood with the standards as so many rafts.
पृथिवी शोणितावर्ता ध्वजोडुपसमाकुला। कुरूणां वैशसे राजन् पाण्डवैः सह भारत॥