गृध्रैः कङ्कैर्बकैरन्ये श्येनभासैस्तिमिङ्गिलैः ।
शरभैर्महिषैः खड्गैर्गोवृषैर्गवयारुणैः ॥१०॥
शिवाभिराखुभिः केचित्कृकलासैः शशैर्नरैः ।
बस्तैरेके कृष्णसारैर्हंसैरन्ये च सूकरैः ॥११॥
अन्ये जलस्थलखगैः सत्त्वैर्विकृतविग्रहैः ।
सेनयोरुभयो राजन्विविशुस्तेऽग्रतोऽग्रतः ॥१२॥

gṛdhraiḥ kaṅkair bakair anye
śyena-bhāsais timiṅgilaiḥ
śarabhair mahiṣaiḥ khaḍgair
go-vṛṣair gavayāruṇaiḥ
śivābhir ākhubhiḥ kecit
kṛkalāsaiḥ śaśair naraiḥ
bastair eke kṛṣṇa-sārair
haᚁsair anye ca sōkaraiḼ
anye jala-sthala-khagaiḼ
sattvair vikṛta-vigrahaiḥ
senayor ubhayo rājan
viviśus te 'grato 'grataḥ

 gṛdhraiḼ - on the backs of vultures; kaṅkaiḼ - on the backs of eagles; bakaiḼ - on the backs of ducks; anye - others; Ĺ›yena - on the backs of hawks; bhāsaiḼ - on the backs of bhāsas; timiṅgilaiḼ - on the backs of big fish known as timiṅgilas; Ĺ›arabhaiḼ - on the backs of śarabhas; mahiᚣaiḼ - on the backs of buffalo; khaḍgaiḼ - on the backs of rhinoceroses; go - on the backs of cows; vṛṣaiḼ - on the backs of bulls; gavaya-aruṇaiḼ - on the backs of gavayas and aruṇas; Ĺ›ivābhiḼ - on the backs of jackals; ÄkhubhiḼ - on the backs of big rats; kecit - some persons; kṛkalāsaiḼ - on the backs of big lizards; Ĺ›aśaiḼ - on the backs of big rabbits; naraiḼ - on the backs of human beings; bastaiḼ - on the backs of goats; eke - some; kṛṣṇa-sāraiḼ - on the backs of black deer; haᚁsaiḼ - on the backs of swans; anye - others; ca - also; sĹŤkaraiḼ - on the backs of boars; anye - others; jala-sthala-khagaiḼ - animals moving on the water, on land and in the sky; sattvaiḼ - by creatures being used as vehicles; vikṛta - are deformed; vigrahaiḼ - by such animals whose bodies; senayoḼ - of the two parties of soldiers; ubhayoḼ - of both; rājan - O King; viviśuḼ - entered; te - all of them; agrataḼ agrataḼ - going forward face to face.


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O King, some soldiers fought on the backs of vultures, eagles, ducks, hawks and bhāsa birds. Some fought on the backs of timiṅgilas, which can devour huge whales, some on the backs of śarabhas, and some on buffalo, rhinoceroses, cows, bulls, jungle cows and aruṇas. Others fought on the backs of jackals, rats, lizards, rabbits, human beings, goats, black deer, swans and boars. In this way, mounted on animals of the water, land and sky, including animals with deformed bodies, both armies faced each other and went forward.

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