The elephants, as they breathed on the ground, appeared beautiful like mountains (scattered over the field of battle) on which mighty serpents hissed.
सुप्ताः शुशुभिरे तत्र निःश्वसन्तो महीतले। विकीर्णा गिरयो यद्वन्निःश्वसद्भिर्महोरगैः॥