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Shloka 6.94.35

रावणस्य सभाप्रवेशः — रामस्य शरवृष्ट्या राक्षससेनाविनाशः (Ravana Enters Council; Rama’s Arrow-Storm Destroys the Rakshasa Host)

हतैर्गजपदात्यश्वैस्तद्बभूवरणाजिरम् ।अक्रीडभूमिःक्रुद्धस्यरुद्रस्येवमहात्मनः ।।।।

hatair gajapadātyaśvais tad babhūva raṇājiram | ākrīḍabhūmiḥ kruddhasya rudrasyeva mahātmanaḥ ||

Strewn with slain elephants, foot soldiers, and horses, that battlefield appeared like the sporting ground of the angry, great-souled Rudra.

With the elephants, horses, and foot soldiers killed, the battlefield was like the ground where mighty Rudra sported in anger.

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Rudra
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Battlefield

The battlefield, covered in dead soldiers and animals, is compared to the 'Akrida-bhoomi' (sporting ground) of an angry Lord Rudra (Shiva).

The battlefield was strewn with the carcasses of elephants (gaja), foot soldiers (padati), and horses (ashva) that had been slain in combat.