ततः प्रववृते युद्धं व्यतिषक्तरथद्विपम् ॥
तावकानां परेषां च निघ्नताम् इतरेतरम् ॥
हयौघाश् च रथौघाश् च तत्र तत्र विशां पते ॥
संपतन्तः स्म दृश्यन्ते निघ्नमानाः परस्परम् ॥
धावतां च रथौघानां निघ्नतां च पृथक् पृथक् ॥
बभूव तुमुलः शब्दो विमिश्रो दुन्दुभिस्वनैः ॥
दिवस्पृङ् नरवीराणां निघ्नताम् इतरेतरम् ॥
संप्रहारे सुतुमुले तव तेषां च भारत ॥
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ vyatiṣaktarathadvipam ||
tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca nighnatām itaretaram ||
hayaughāś ca rathaughāś ca tatra tatra viśāṃ pate ||
saṃpatantaḥ sma dṛśyante nighnamānāḥ parasparam ||
dhāvatāṃ ca rathaughānāṃ nighnatāṃ ca pṛthak pṛthak ||
babhūva tumulaḥ śabdo vimiśro dundubhisvanaiḥ ||
divaspṛṅ naravīrāṇāṃ nighnatām itaretaram ||
saṃprahāre sutumule tava teṣāṃ ca bhārata ||
Thereafter the battle began between your men and the enemy, in which chariots and elephants were intermingled, and warriors slew one another. Streams of horses and chariots everywhere, O lord of men, collided and destroyed one another. From the rushing streams of chariots striking in different places arose a deafening roar, mingled with the boom of drums. In that extremely turbulent clash the heroes of both your side and theirs, slaying one another, produced a sound that touched the heavens, O Bharata.
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After the description of the two well-ordered formations, the text at once returns to the reality of battle: the arrays quickly dissolve into a tangle of chariots, elephants, horses and noise. Form helps an army enter combat, but it does not remove the suffering of the collision.