There in that battle Virata slew five hundred chariots, hundreds of horses, and five great charioteers. That lord of chariot-warriors, ranging along many paths among the chariots, met Susharma of the Trigartas on his golden chariot in the fight. The two great-souled and mighty heroes engaged there, roaring at each other like two bulls in a cow-pen. Then the two charioteers, on their chariots, wheeled around each other on every side and swiftly loosed arrows, like clouds pouring streams of water. Both, utterly enraged and unable to bear one another, wielding their weapons, armed with sharp arrows, swords, javelins, and maces, moved through the battle. Then the king pierced Susharma with ten arrows, and pierced each of his four horses with five arrows apiece. In just the same way Susharma, maddened with battle and versed in the highest weapons, pierced the king of the Matsyas with fifty sharp arrows. Then the armies closed in around the king of the Matsyas and Susharma, and in the dusk, veiled in dust, the two no longer recognized each other.