Thus this most dreadful and extraordinary battle, that was characterised by a confused din of diverse kinds of weapons, filled the entire universe with a noise even as the furious Ganges fills the earth with the roar of her currents.
एवमेतन्मद् युद्धं दारुणे शस्त्रसंकुलम्॥ उन्मत्तगङ्गाप्रतिमं शब्देनापूरयजगत्।