Then he reached the centre of the Bharata host echoing with the sound of palm-strokes and abounding in swords, lances and maces and looking like the unfordable ocean itself.
सम्प्राप्य भारतीमध्यं तलघोषसमाकुलम्। असिशक्तिगदापूर्णमप्लवं सलिलं यथा॥