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न शेकुश्चलितुं केचित्संनिपत्य रथा रथैः । प्रभिन्नास्तु महाकायाः संनिपत्य गजा गजैः॥६-४४-६॥
Some chariots, having collided with chariots, could not move; and massive elephants, in a frenzy of agitation, crashed into other elephants.
english translation
बहुधादारयन्क्रुद्धा विषाणैरितरेतरम् । सतोमरपताकैश्च वारणाः परवारणैः॥६-४४-७॥
In many ways the enraged elephants tore at one another with their tusks; and elephants met by enemy elephants were also struck with lances and standards.
english translation
अभिसृत्य महाराज वेगवद्भिर्महागजैः । दन्तैरभिहतास्तत्र चुक्रुशुः परमातुराः॥६-४४-८॥
Closing in, O great king, many there were struck by the tusks of swift, mighty elephants and cried out in piercing anguish.
english translation
अभिनीताश्च शिक्षाभिस्तोत्त्राङ्कुशसमाहताः । सुप्रभिन्नाः प्रभिन्नानां संमुखाभिमुखा ययुः॥६-४४-९॥
And the elephants, guided by their training and driven on by goads and hooks, fiercely agitated, advanced face to face against other agitated elephants.
english translation
प्रभिन्नैरपि संसक्ताः केचित्तत्र महागजाः । क्रौञ्चवन्निनदं मुक्त्वा प्राद्रवन्त ततस्ततः॥६-४४-१०॥
There, some great elephants, though already wounded, remained engaged; releasing a call like that of a krauñca bird, they surged forward in various directions.
english translation