Shot off the Gandiva, arrows, whose touch resembled that of Indra's thunder, striking men and elephants and horses, O king, fell in that battle with a noise like that of winged insects.
इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शा गाण्डीवप्रेषिताः शराः॥ नरान् नागन् समाहृत्य हयांश्चापि विशाम्पते। अपतन्त रणे वाणाः पतङ्गा इव घोषिणः॥