In virtue of the (lustre of the) lamps abandoned (by the combatants) and which were burning all around, the field shone resplendent like the cloud-less firmament studded with planets and stars.
प्रदीपैर्हि परित्यक्तैर्व्वलद्भिस्तैः समन्ततः। व्यराजत मही राजन् वीताभ्रा द्यौरिव ग्रहैः॥