Whilst the Kurus, the Panchalas and the Pandus were fighting with one another, the combatants, offering up their lives slaughtered one another in the field of battle.
तेषु व्यायच्छमानेषु कुरुपाञ्चालपाण्डुषु। प्रियानसून् रणेत्यक्त्वा योधा जघ्नुः परस्परम्॥