Highly wise, they are now lying dead on the naked earth. about them, however, that are deprived of life, the word that is used is that they are dead.
अथ चेमे महाप्राज्ञाः शेरते हि गतासवः। मृता इति च शब्दोऽयं वर्तत्येषु गतासुषु॥