Verse 1

¹With that they were all in a fury. They put on their armour, mounted their beasts, and went after him with their bows in hand, each ringed by his own troops. ²Seeing them come on, the captains of the Yadava companies turned and stood facing them, king, and made their bows sing. ³From horseback and elephant shoulder and chariot floor the skilled ones let fall showers of arrows, as clouds let down water on the hills. ⁴Seeing her husband's force hidden under that rain of arrows, the slender one looked shyly at his face, her eyes unsteady with fear. ⁵The Bhagavan laughed and said: Do not be afraid, lovely-eyed. This enemy force will be destroyed by your own men this very moment.

⁶Those heroes, Gada and Sankarsana and the others, could not bear that show of strength, and struck down their horses and elephants and chariots with iron shafts. ⁷Heads of chariot fighters and horsemen and elephant riders fell to the ground by the ten million, with their earrings and their crowns and their turbans on them, ⁸and hands still holding swords and maces and bows, and forearms, and thighs, and feet, and the heads of horses and mules and elephants and camels and asses and men. ⁹Their forces cut down by the Vrsnis, who wanted the victory, the kings turned away and went, Jarasandha at the head of them.