Riding on his own excellent cars, that resembled a city careering through the skies; that was well supplied with the implements of war according to the military science, the banner of which was fluttering on the air, the rattle of which was resounding all round the field, the steeds of which were well-driven and the flagstaff of which was shining like a rod of crystal-riding on such a chariot. Drona inspired the hostile army with terror and massacred (right and left).
खचरनगरकल्पं कल्पितं शास्त्रदृष्ट्या चलदनिलपताकं ह्लादनं वल्पिताश्वम्। स्फटिकविमलकेतुं त्रासन शात्रवाणां रथवरमधिरूढः संजहारारिसेनाम्॥