sanchidyamana -- being cut to pieces; dvi-pada -- of the two-legged (humans); ibha -- elephants; vajinam -- and horses; anga -- from the limbs; prasutah -- flowing; satasah -- by the hundreds; asrik -- of blood; apa-gah -- rivers; bhuja -- arms; ahayah -- as the snakes; purusha -- of men; sirsha -- heads; kacchapah -- as the turtles; hata -- dead; dvipa -- with elephants; dvipa -- as islands; haya -- and with horses; graha -- as crocodiles; akulah -- filled; kara -- hands; uru -- and thighs; minah -- as the fish; nara -- human; kesa -- hair; saivalah -- as the aquatic weeds; dhanuh -- with bows; taranga -- as the waves; ayudha -- and with weapons; gulma -- as the clumps of bushes; sankulah -- crowded; acchurika -- chariot wheels; avarta -- as the whirlpools; bhayanakah -- fearful; maha-mani -- precious gems; praveka -- excellent; abharana -- and ornaments; asma -- as the stones; sarkarah -- and gravel; pravartitah -- issuing forth; bhiru -- for the timid; bhaya-avahah -- terrifying; mridhe -- on the battlefield; manasvinam -- for the intelligent; harsha-karih -- inspiring joy; parasparam -- from one to another; vinighnata -- who was striking down; arin -- His enemies; mushalena -- with His plow weapon; durmadan -- who were furious; sankarshanena -- by Lord Balarama; aparimeya -- immeasurable; tejasa -- whose potency; balam -- military force; tat -- that; anga -- my dear (King Parikshit); arnava -- like the ocean; durga -- unfathomable; bhairavam -- and frightening; duranta -- impossible to cross over; param -- whose limit; magadha-indra -- by the King of Magadha, Jarasandha; palitam -- overseen; kshayam -- to destruction; pranitam -- led; vasudeva-putrayoh -- for the sons of Vasudeva; vikriditam -- play; tat -- that; jagat -- of the universe; isayoh -- for the Lords; param -- at most.

On the battlefield, hundreds of rivers of blood flowed from the limbs of the humans, elephants and horses who had been cut to pieces. In these rivers arms resembled snakes; human heads, turtles; dead elephants, islands; and dead horses, crocodiles. Hands and thighs appeared like fish, human hair like waterweeds, bows like waves, and various weapons like clumps of bushes. The rivers of blood teemed with all of these.Chariot wheels looked like terrifying whirlpools, and precious gems and ornaments resembled stones and gravel in the rushing red rivers, which aroused fear in the timid, joy in the wise. With the blows of His plow weapon the immeasurably powerful Lord Balarama destroyed Magadhendra's military force. And though this force was as unfathomable and fearsome as an impassable ocean, for the two sons of Vasudeva, the Lords of the universe, the battle was hardly more than play.