Chapter 93 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 93

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 93.10

मातंगरथकूलाश्च शरमत्स्या ध्वजदुमाः। शरीरसंघाटवहाः प्रसस्नुः शोणितापगाः॥

mātaṃgarathakūlāśca śaramatsyā dhvajadumāḥ| śarīrasaṃghāṭavahāḥ prasasnuḥ śoṇitāpagāḥ||

English Meaning

Elephants and cars were like the banks of that river of blood, the arrows were like the fishes, and the flags were the trees on their banks and the corpses were like planks afloat there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)