प्रतोदैश् चापकोटीभिर् हुंकारैः साधुवाहितैः ॥
कशापार्ष्ण्यभिघातैश् च वाग्भिर् उग्राभिर् एव च ॥
चोदयन्तो हयांस् तूर्णं पलायन्ते स्म तावकाः ॥
सादिनो रथिनश् चैव पत्तयश् चार्जुनार्दिताः ॥
पार्ष्ण्यङ्गुष्ठाङ्कुशैर् नागांश् चोदयन्तस् तथापरे ॥
शरैः संमोहिताश् चान्ये तम् एवाभिमुखा ययौ ॥
तव योधा हतोत्साहा विभ्रान्तमनसस् तदा ॥
pratodaiś cāpakoṭībhir huṃkāraiḥ sādhuvāhitaiḥ ||
kaśāpārṣṇyabhighātaiś ca vāgbhir ugrābhir eva ca ||
codayanto hayāṃs tūrṇaṃ palāyante sma tāvakāḥ ||
sādino rathinaś caiva pattayaś cārjunārditāḥ ||
pārṣṇyaṅguṣṭhāṅkuśair nāgāṃś codayantas tathāpare ||
śaraiḥ saṃmohitāś cānye tam evābhimukhā yayau ||
tava yodhā hatotsāhā vibhrāntamanasas tadā ||
With goads, with the tips of bows, with cries of "hum", with skillful urging, and with blows of whip and heel, and with fierce words, hastily urging on their horses, your [warriors] fled -- horsemen and chariot-warriors and footmen, tormented by Arjuna. Others, urging on their elephants with heels, with toes, with goads; and others, stunned by arrows, rushed straight toward him, facing him.
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The chapter closes with an image of utter disarray: some flee in terror with all their strength, others, "śaraiḥ saṃmohitāḥ", stunned, rush on their maddened elephants straight at Arjuna -- destruction drawing them to itself. It is telling that both flight and involuntary approach lead to the same end. The verse teaches that there is no escape from retribution once it has begun: neither flight nor bewildered advance can save them; those darkened by fate rush toward their own destruction, and the disintegration of the army of iniquity shows that judgment upon wrong has already become inescapable.