The battle then that commenced between the Kurus and the Pandavas at the van of their array was terrible, awful and capable of making the hair to stand erect; and it was wonderful to the extreme.
तद् युद्धमभवत् तीव्र तुमुलं लोमहर्षणम्। कुरूणां पाण्डवानां च व्यूहस्य पुरतोऽद्भुतम्॥