Shloka 31
अपतन्त रथौघाश्ष तत्र तत्र सहस्रश: | माननीय नरेश! भारत! अश्वसमूह तथा रथवृन्द दावानलसे दग्ध हुए वृक्षोंके अग्रभागके समान दिखायी दे रहे थे और जहाँ-तहाँ सहस्रों रथसमूह गिरे पड़े थे || ३० ई ।। तत् सैन्यं भयसंविग्नं ददाह युधि भारत
sañjaya uvāca |
apatanta rathaughās tatra tatra sahasraśaḥ |
mānanīya nareśa bhārata aśvasamūha tathā rathavṛnda dāvānalena dagdhavṛkṣāgrabhāgavat dṛśyante sma yatra tatra sahasraśo rathaughā nipatitāḥ ||
tat sainyaṃ bhayasaṃvignaṃ dadāha yudhi bhārata ||
Sañjaya said: “O revered king, descendant of Bharata, chariot-formations were collapsing in thousands here and there. The masses of horses and clusters of chariots looked like the scorched tops of trees consumed by a forest-fire; and in many places, countless chariots lay fallen. That army, shaken by fear, was being consumed in the battle, O Bhārata.”
संजय उवाच