They said-Surely this Brahmana has practised mighty ascetic austerities, by virtue of which enraged in battle he is consuming these foremost of Kshatriyas.
ब्राह्मणेन तपो नूनं चरितं दुश्चरं महत्। तथा हि युधि संक्रुद्धो दहति क्षत्रियर्षभान्॥