कॢप्तोत्तरोष्ठं सुनसं कॢप्तकेशम् अलंकृतम् ॥
अदृश्यत शिरश् छिन्नं रजोध्वस्तं सकुण्डलम् ॥
अदृश्यंस् तत्र गात्राणि शरैश् छिन्नानि भागशः ॥
शालस्कन्धनिकाशानि क्षत्रियाणां महामृधे ॥
नागभोगनिकाशैश् च बाहुभिश् चन्दनोक्षितैः ॥
आकीर्णा वसुधा तत्र शिरोभिश् च सकुण्डलैः ॥
उपशाम्यद् रजो भौमं रुधिरेण प्रसर्पता ॥
कश्मलं प्राविशद् घोरं निर्मर्यादम् अवर्तत ॥
शतानीकः शतं हत्वा विशालाक्षश् चतुःशतम् ॥
प्रविष्टौ महतीं सेनां त्रिगर्तानां महारथौ ॥
आर्च्छेतां बहुसंरब्धौ केशाकेशि नखानखि ॥
लक्षयित्वा त्रिगर्तानां तौ प्रविष्टौ रथव्रजम् ॥
जग्मतुः सूर्यदत्तश् च मदिराश्वश् च पृष्ठतः ॥
kḷptottaroṣṭhaṃ sunasaṃ kḷptakeśam alaṃkṛtam ||
adṛśyata śiraś chinnaṃ rajodhvastaṃ sakuṇḍalam ||
adṛśyaṃs tatra gātrāṇi śaraiś chinnāni bhāgaśaḥ ||
śālaskandhanikāśāni kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahāmṛdhe ||
nāgabhoganikāśaiś ca bāhubhiś candanokṣitaiḥ ||
ākīrṇā vasudhā tatra śirobhiś ca sakuṇḍalaiḥ ||
upaśāmyad rajo bhaumaṃ rudhireṇa prasarpatā ||
kaśmalaṃ prāviśad ghoraṃ nirmaryādam avartata ||
śatānīkaḥ śataṃ hatvā viśālākṣaś catuḥśatam ||
praviṣṭau mahatīṃ senāṃ trigartānāṃ mahārathau ||
ārcchetāṃ bahusaṃrabdhau keśākeśi nakhānakhi ||
lakṣayitvā trigartānāṃ tau praviṣṭau rathavrajam ||
jagmatuḥ sūryadattaś ca madirāśvaś ca pṛṣṭhataḥ ||
A severed head could be seen -- its upper lip trimmed, its nose shapely, its hair arranged, adorned, covered in dust, its earrings still on. There, in the great battle, the limbs of kshatriyas could be seen, cut to pieces by arrows, like the trunks of shala trees. The earth was strewn with arms resembling the bodies of serpents, anointed with sandalwood, and with heads still wearing their earrings. The earthly dust settled under the spreading blood; a terrible bewilderment set in, and the battle became boundless. Shatanika, having slain a hundred, and wide-eyed Vishalaksha, having slain four hundred -- both great charioteers -- entered the vast army of the Trigartas. Fiercely enraged, they grappled hair to hair and nail to nail. Seeing that the two had entered the mass of the Trigartas' chariots, Suryadatta and Madirashva followed after them.
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The text does not hide the bodily horror of war. The glory of the kshatriya does not cancel the fact that violence leaves the earth strewn with heads and arms.