The battle which followed between the Kurus on one side and the Pandus and the Srinjayas on the other with shafts cutlasses, darts, swords and maces and battle axes became awful and hard and many steeds, men and elephants were killed.
अथाभवद् युद्धमतीव दारुणं पुनः कुरूणां सं पाण्डुसृञ्जयैः। नराश्वनागासुहरं भृशाकुलम्॥