Numerous steeds of the Vanayu the Lilly, the Kamboja and the Balhika breed with tails, ears and eyes fixed and motionless, endued with great fleetness, well-broken, ridden by accomplished warriors armed with swords and spears, were seen to be deprived of the fine ornaments of their heads as also of their fine tails; they were deeply pierced and lay covering the field. Their tongues and their eyes were fixed and their livers and entrails were drawn out; their riders had been slain; their bells torn and they enhanced the delight of flesh-eating animals. Their armours and other leathern fences were cut open and they lay weltering in the urine and excreta they themselves had discharged. Thus slaughtering your steeds steeds and elephants, Abhimanyu appeared highly beautiful.
वनायुजान् काम्बोजानथ बालिकान्। स्थिरबालधिकर्णाक्षाञ्जवनान् साधुवाहिनः॥ आरूढाशिक्षितैर्योधैः शक्त्यष्टिप्रासयोधिभिः। विध्वस्तचामरमुखान् विप्रविद्धप्रकीर्णकान्॥ निरस्तजिह्वानयनान् निष्कीर्णान्त्रयकृद्धानान्। हतरोहांश्छिन्नघण्टान् क्रव्यादगणमोदकान्॥ निकृत्तचर्मकवचाशकृन्मूत्रासृगाप्लुतान्। निपातयन्नश्ववरांस्तावकान् स व्यरोचत॥