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साश्वारोहान्हयान्केचिदुन्मथ्य वरवारणाः । सहसा चिक्षिपुस्तत्र संकुले भैरवे सति॥६-४४-२६॥
Some splendid elephants uprooted horses together with their riders and abruptly hurled them aside there, amid the dense and dreadful tumult.
english translation
साश्वारोहान्विषाणाग्रैरुत्क्षिप्य तुरगान्द्विपाः । रथौघानवमृद्नन्तः सध्वजान्परिचक्रमुः॥६-४४-२७॥
Elephants lifted horses—riders included—with the tips of their tusks; and, crushing masses of chariots with their standards, they moved about the field in circling sweeps.
english translation
पुंस्त्वादभिमदत्वाच्च केचिदत्र महागजाः । साश्वारोहान्हयाञ्जघ्नुः करैः सचरणैस्तथा॥६-४४-२८॥
Here, some great elephants—through sheer strength and heightened ferocity—struck down horses together with their riders, using both trunks and feet.
english translation
केचिदाक्षिप्य करिणः साश्वानपि रथान्करैः । विकर्षन्तो दिशः सर्वाः समीयुः सर्वशब्दगाः॥६-४४-२९॥
Some elephants, seizing even horse-drawn chariots with their trunks, dragged them in every direction and pressed forward amid a roar that filled the whole field.
english translation
आशुगा विमलास्तीक्ष्णाः संपेतुर्भुजगोपमाः । नराश्वकायान्निर्भिद्य लौहानि कवचानि च॥६-४४-३०॥
Swift, bright, and keen missiles, likened to serpents, converged and pierced the bodies of men and horses, and even their iron armours.
english translation