Afflicted by Arjuna, you troops viz., the cavalry, the infantry and the car-warriors, fled in all haste from the field of battle, urging their horses to the top of their speed by goadstrokes, by stroke of the horns of their bows, by growls, by encouraging commands, by who's by (dagger) cuts on their flanks and also by threatening speeches.
प्रतोदैश्चापकोटीभिर्हङ्कारैः साधुवाहितैः। कशापाय॑भिघातैश्च वाग्भिरुग्राभिरेव च॥ चोदयन्तो हयांस्तूर्णे पलायन्ते स्म तावकाः। सादिनो रथिनश्चैव पत्तयश्चार्जुनार्दिताः॥