Alas, those princes who succeeded in crossing, by boats made by their own excellent weapons, the great Drona-ocean having cars for its deep lakes, arrows for its waves, the ornaments of warriors for its gems, car-horses for its animals, darts and swords for its fishes, elephants for its alligators, bows for its whirlpools, powerful weapons for its foam, and the sign of battle for its moonrise causing it to swell with energy, and the twang of the bow and the sound of palms for its roar,-alas, even those princes have been killed from carelessness.
रथहृदं शरवर्षोर्मिमन्तं रत्नाचितं वाहनवाजियुक्तम्। शक्त्वृष्टिमीनध्वजनागनकं शरासनावर्तमहेषुफेनम्॥ संग्रामचन्द्रोदयवेगवेलं द्रोणार्णवं ज्यातलनेमिघोषम्। स्ते राजपुत्रा निहताः प्रमादात्॥