Then like herds of cattle destitute of herdsmen slain by the beasts of prey, the troops of the Kurus divided in three divisions, began to be slaughtered by the Pandavas and the Srinjayas.
धार्तराष्ट्रास्तथाभूता वध्यन्ते पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः। अगोपाः पशवोऽरण्ये बहुभिः श्वापदैरिव॥