And elephants-riders deprived of heads, seated as they were on the necks of those beasts, appeared like ties on a mountain with their heads broken.
हृतोत्तमाङ्गाः स्कन्धेषु गजानां गजयोधिनः। अदृश्यन्ताचलाचेषु दुमा भग्नशिखा इव॥