निर्भिन्नकुम्भा: करिणो निपेतु- रनेकशोऽश्वा: शरवृक्णकन्धरा: । रथा हताश्वध्वजसूतनायका: पदायतश्छिन्नभुजोरुकन्धरा: ॥ २४ ॥
nirbhinna-kumbhāḥ kariṇo nipetur anekaśo ’śvāḥ śara-vṛkṇa-kandharāḥ rathā hatāśva-dhvaja-sūta-nāyakāḥ padāyataś chinna-bhujoru-kandharāḥ
- nirbhinna
- split
- kumbhāḥ
- the protuberances of their foreheads
- kariṇaḥ
- elephants
- nipetuḥ
- fell
- anekaśaḥ
- many at a time
- aśvāḥ
- horses
- śara
- by the arrows
- vṛkṇa
- severed
- kandharāḥ
- whose necks
- rathāḥ
- chariots
- hata
- struck
- aśva
- whose horses
- dhvaja
- flags
- sūta
- drivers
- nāyakāḥ
- and masters
- padāyataḥ
- foot soldiers
- chinna
- cut
- bhuja
- whose arms
- ūru
- thighs
- kandharāḥ
- and shoulders
Elephants fell to the ground, their foreheads split open, cavalry horses fell with severed necks, chariots fell with their horses, flags, drivers and masters all shattered, and foot soldiers collapsed with severed arms, thighs and shoulders.