ट्रमाणां शिखराणीव दावदग्धानि मारिष | अश्वव्न्दान्यदृश्यन्त रथवृन्दानि भारत
drumāṇāṃ śikharāṇīva dāvadagdhāni māriṣa | aśvavṛndāny adṛśyanta rathavṛndāni bhārata ||
Sañjaya said: “O noble one, O Bhārata, the clusters of chariots and the herds of horses appeared as though they were mountain-peaks of trees scorched by a forest-fire—blackened, broken, and stripped of their former splendor.”
संजय उवाच