Many great car-warriors were seen to fall down from high, their charioteers being killed. A thick dust covered all sides. Then the warriors knew their adversaries by the twang of the bow. From the pressure also on their bodies the combatants guessed their enemies.
हतसारथिरप्युच्चैः पपात काष्ठवद् रथः। युध्यमानस्य संग्रामे व्यूढे रजसि चोत्थिते॥ धनुः कूजितविज्ञानं तत्रासीत् प्रतियुद्ध्यतः। गात्रस्पर्शेन योधानां व्यज्ञास्त परिपन्थिनम्॥