And O monarch, as they were possessed of swords and nooscs in their hands and endued with the power of with-standing the infuriate elephants and as they were equally determined to die, they (the warriors) did not forsake one another (in the field).
बद्धासयः पाशहस्ता वारप्रतिवारणा:। समानमृत्यवो राजन् नात्यजन्त परस्परम्॥