(And) in that blinding darkness, (the soldiers) lost their senses. (All this is no doubt due to the evil counsels of your son. And that (dismal) darkness prevailing all around, all the creatures, may the very foremost of the combatants themselves, O Bharata, were seized with terror and their senses forsook them, o Bharata in that battle.
अन्धे तमसि मूढानि पुत्रस्य तव मन्त्रिते। ततः सर्वाणि सैन्यानि सेनागोपाश्च भारत। व्यमुह्यन्त रणे तत्र तमसा संवृते सति॥