Then the field of battle, being covered over with fallen bands of warriors, (shattered) chariots and carcasses of elephants and horses mangled with arrows, appeared like the firmament overhung with dense masses of black clouds.
सा योधसंधैश्च रथैश्च भूमिः शरैर्विभिन्नैर्गजवाजिभिश्च। प्रच्छाद्यमाना पतितैर्बभूव समावृता द्यौरिव कालमेघैः॥