दुर्मद-कुरण्ड-वधः (The Slaying of Durmada and Kuraṇḍa) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation
भोगिभोगसृतै रक्तैः सृक्किणी शोणतां गते / लिहन्तो नकुला जिह्वापल्लवैः पुप्लुवुर्मृधे
bhogibhogasṛtai raktaiḥ sṛkkiṇī śoṇatāṃ gate / lihanto nakulā jihvāpallavaiḥ pupluvurmṛdhe
With blood streaming from the serpents’ bites, their mouth-corners turned crimson; upon the battlefield the nakulas (mongooses) licked it with tongue-tips like tender leaf-buds.