घनगजमहिषाङ्गतुल्यवर्णा समरमुखेष्वसकृद्गदासिभिन्नाः। अहमहमिति युद्धकौशलास्ते स्जनिचराः परिबभ्रमुर्मुहुस्ते॥
ghanagajamahiṣāṅgatulyavarṇā samaramukheṣvasakṛdgadāsibhinnāḥ| ahamahamiti yuddhakauśalāste sjanicarāḥ paribabhramurmuhuste||
English Meaning
They were all black like to clouds, elephants and buffaloes, and had marks of swords and maces on their persons. And all those nightrangers were skilled in the art of warfare and began to range to and fro (in the battle field) saying, “I shall to first.”
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)