Having entered that cursed field, containing many dreadful sights, the king saw his sons, well-wishers, and friends, all lying on the ground, bathed in blood, their bodies wounded, and heads severed from their trunks.
स तत् प्रविश्याशिवमुग्ररूपं ददर्श पुत्रान् सुहृदः सखींश्च। भूमौ शयानान् रुधिरागात्रान् विभिन्नदेहान् प्रहृतोत्तमाङ्गान्॥