As on a night, a blazing forest of bamboos burns on a great mountain, so your great army looked ablaze under fire from (Arjuna's) shots.
महागिरौ वेणुवनं निशि प्रज्वलितं यथा।॥ तथा तव महासैन्यं प्रास्फुरच्छरपीडितम्।