Vaishampayana said O descendant of Bharata, the whole world being enshrouded in dust and natural darkness, the soldiers of both sides, without breaking the battle array, stopped for some time.
वैशम्पायन उवाच तमसाभिप्लुते लोके रजसा चैव भारत। अतिष्ठन् वै मुहूर्तं तु व्यूढानीका: प्रहारिणः॥