Elephants and cars were like the banks of that river of blood, the arrows were like the fishes, and the flags were the trees on their banks and the corpses were like planks afloat there.
मातंगरथकूलाश्च शरमत्स्या ध्वजदुमाः। शरीरसंघाटवहाः प्रसस्नुः शोणितापगाः॥