That Kshatriya knows his duty who in battle converts the Earth into a lake of blood, having the hairs of killed warriors for the grass and straw floating on it, and having elephants for its rocks, and standards for the trees on its banks.
लोहितोदां केशतृणां गजशैलां ध्वजगुमाम्। महीं करोति युद्धेषु क्षत्रियो यः स धर्मवित्॥