Resembling a forest of blooming Asoka the troops, streaming with blood, with their armours broken, looked red as if they were ablaze with fire.
आदीप्तमिव तत् सैन्यं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम्। आसीत् सुशोणितक्किनं फुल्लाशोकवनं यथा॥