Sanjaya said After the (Kuru) army had been gathered Shalya, the king of the Mlechchhas, filled with rage, rushed against the large army of the Pandavas, riding on a gigantic clephant, with temporal juice trickling, looking like a hill, elated with pride, resembling Airavata himself and capable of crushing large numbers of foes.
संजय उवाच संनिवृत्ते जनौघे तु शाल्वो म्लेच्छगणाधिपः। अभ्यवर्तत संक्रुद्धः पाण्डवानां महद् बलम्॥ आस्थाय सुमहानागं प्रभिन्नं पर्वतोपमम्। दृप्तमरावतप्रख्यममित्रगणमर्दनम्॥