वाजिभिश् चापि निर्जीवैः स्वपद्भिः शोणितोक्षितैः ॥
सारोहैर् विषमा भूमिः सौभद्रेण निपातितैः ॥
साङ्कुशैः समहामात्रैः सवर्मायुधकेतुभिः ॥
पर्वतैर् इव विध्वस्तैर् विशिखोन्मथितैर् गजैः ॥
पृथिव्याम् अनुकीर्णैश् च व्यश्वसारथियोधिभिः ॥
ह्रदैर् इव प्रक्षुभितैर् हतनागै रथोत्तमैः ॥
पदातिसंघैश् च हतैर् विविधायुधभूषणैः ॥
भीरूणां त्रासजननी घोररूपाभवन् मही ॥
vājibhiś cāpi nirjīvaiḥ svapadbhiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ ||
sārohair viṣamā bhūmiḥ saubhadreṇa nipātitaiḥ ||
sāṅkuśaiḥ samahāmātraiḥ savarmāyudhaketubhiḥ ||
parvatair iva vidhvastair viśikhonmathitair gajaiḥ ||
pṛthivyām anukīrṇaiś ca vyaśvasārathiyodhibhiḥ ||
hradair iva prakṣubhitair hatanāgai rathottamaiḥ ||
padātisaṃghaiś ca hatair vividhāyudhabhūṣaṇaiḥ ||
bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananī ghorarūpābhavan mahī ||
The ground grew hilly with fallen horses and their blood-drenched riders, struck down by Saubhadra; with elephants bearing goads, drivers, armor, weapons and banners, scattered by arrows like shattered mountains; with warriors without horses or charioteers strewn over the ground; with the finest chariots and their fallen elephants, like foaming backwaters; and with fallen throngs of infantry in all their weapons and adornments. The earth took on a dreadful aspect, striking terror into the faint-hearted.
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The inventory turns from splendor to horror: elephants "like shattered mountains," chariots "like foaming backwaters" — elemental images pile up to convey the crushing weight of a slaughter raised by a single youth. "Bhīrūṇāṃ trāsajananī," "birthing terror in the timid," draws a direct line between the faint-hearted, whom the field puts to flight, and the steadfast, who see duty behind it. It is telling that this whole devastation is the work of one alone: the scale of what he wrought shows how treacherously the six who killed him acted. Here the verse teaches that the worth of a sacrifice is sometimes shown most clearly by the mark it leaves behind.