On account of those thousands of arrows, O king, neither the rays of the sun nor the cardinal quarters could be seen either by ourselves or by the enemy.
नैव सूर्यप्रभा राजन् न दिशः प्रदिशस्तथा॥ प्राज्ञासिष्म वयं ते वा शरैमुक्तैः सहस्रशः।