चेरतुश्च चिरं चित्रं मण्डलं सव्यदक्षिणम्। बाणवेगात्समुत्क्षिप्तावन्योन्यमपराजितौ॥ तयोर्भूतानि वित्रेसुर्युगपत्संप्रयुध्यतोः। रौद्रयोः सायकमुचोर्यमान्तकनिकाशयोः॥
ceratuśca ciraṃ citraṃ maṇḍalaṃ savyadakṣiṇam| bāṇavegātsamutkṣiptāvanyonyamaparājitau|| tayorbhūtāni vitresuryugapatsaṃprayudhyatoḥ| raudrayoḥ sāyakamucoryamāntakanikāśayoḥ||
English Meaning
And forming a circle, they passed each other by the right side. Uprooting the earth with the vehemence of their arrows, irrepressible by each other, fighting equally discharging arrows, they arrows looked dreadful like Death himself-and created terror in all creatures.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)