The elephants, all on a sudden, crushed the caravan, which was sleeping in the ground. Then the merchants, uttering the cries of Ah! and Alas! sought for protection. Blinded by sleep, they all rushed towards the bushes and the forest (for protection). But some of them were killed by the tusks of those elephants and some by trunks, as also some were killed by their legs.
ते तं ममर्दुः सहसा चेष्टमानं महीतले। हाहाकारं प्रमुञ्चन्तः सार्थिकाः शरणार्थिनः॥ ते वनगुल्मांश्चधावन्तो निद्राधा बहवोऽभवन्। केचिद् दन्तैः करैः केचित् केचित् पद्भ्यां हता गजैः।।