निःश्वसन्तौ यथा सौ निश्चेष्टौ दीनविक्रमौ। रुधिरस्रावदिग्धाङ्गौ तपनीयाविव ध्वजौ॥
niḥśvasantau yathā sau niśceṣṭau dīnavikramau| rudhirasrāvadigdhāṅgau tapanīyāviva dhvajau||
English Meaning
They were sighing like serpents; and were inert; and deprived of prowess; and washed in blood; and looking like to golden standards.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)