रथैश्चित्रैर्ध्वजैरश्वैः शरीरैर्हरिरक्षसाम्॥ रुधिरौघेण संछन्ना भूमिर्भयकरी तदा। हारकेयूरवस्त्रैश्च छत्रैश्च समलंकृता॥ भूमि ति रणे तत्र शारदीव यथा निशा।
rathaiścitrairdhvajairaśvaiḥ śarīrairharirakṣasām|| rudhiraugheṇa saṃchannā bhūmirbhayakarī tadā| hārakeyūravastraiśca chatraiśca samalaṃkṛtā|| bhūmi ti raṇe tatra śāradīva yathā niśā|
English Meaning
The earth became frightful (to behold), being covered with variegated cars and standards and steeds and the bodies of monkeys and of Rāks asas and streams of blood. And adorned with chains, and Keyūras, and attires, and umbrellas, the field of battle looked like an autumnal night.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)