सा प्रयाता महासेना गजवाजिसमाकुला। दक्षिणां दिशमावृत्य महामेघ इवोत्थितः॥ वनानि च व्यतिक्रम्य जुष्टानि मृगपक्षिभिः। गङ्गायाः परवेलायां गिरिष्वथ नदीष्वपि॥
sā prayātā mahāsenā gajavājisamākulā| dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāvṛtya mahāmegha ivotthitaḥ|| vanāni ca vyatikramya juṣṭāni mṛgapakṣibhiḥ| gaṅgāyāḥ paravelāyāṃ giriṣvatha nadīṣvapi||
English Meaning
And that mighty host abounding with horses and elephants proceeded, blocking up the southern quarter, like a colossal cloud arisen (in the sky), leaving behind on the other bank of the Gangā woods inhabited by birds and beasts, and coursing by rivers mountains.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)