Having various kinds of weapons for the wind that preceeded them, abounding in elephants, horses and chariots, surcharged with the lightning formed by the flashing of maces wielded by warriors, the fierce and thick mass of cloud constituted by the army of the Kurus. Driven forward by the tempest constituted by Drona and incessantly pouring its arrowy showers, tried to extinguish the raging fie constituted by the Pandavas.
नानाशस्त्रपुरोवातो द्विपाश्वरथसंवृतः। गदाविद्युन्महारौद्रः संग्रामजलदो महान्॥ भारद्वाजानिलोद्भूतः। शरधारासहस्रवान्। अभ्यवर्षन्महासैन्यः पाण्डुसेनाग्निमुद्धतम्॥