Righteous persons, stricken with fear, stay in the rear, begging for life from heroes that have rushed to battle, even as men pray for rain from the clouds.
पृष्ठतो भीरवः संख्ये वर्तन्तेऽधर्मपूरुषाः। शूराच्छरणमिच्छन्तः पर्जन्यादिव जीवनम्॥