Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.30.15

patat-patākai ratha-kuñjarādibhiḥ

kharoṣṭra-gobhir mahiṣair narair api

mithaḥ sametyāśvataraiḥ su-durmadā

nyahan śarair dadbhir iva dvipā vane

SYNONYMS

patat-patākaiḥ — with flags flying; ratha — on chariots; kuñjara — elephants; ādibhiḥ — and other carriers; khara — on asses; uṣṭra — camels; gobhiḥ — and bulls; mahiṣaiḥ — on buffalos; naraiḥ — on human beings; api — even; mithaḥ — together; sametya — meeting; aśvataraiḥ — and on mules; su-durmadāḥ — very much enraged; nyahan — they attacked; śaraiḥ — with arrows; dadbhiḥ — with their tusks; iva — as if; dvipāḥ — elephants; vane — in the forest.

TRANSLATION

Riding on elephants and chariots with flags flying, and also on donkeys, camels, bulls, buffalos, mules and even human beings, the extremely enraged warriors came together and violently attacked one another with arrows, just as elephants in the forest attack one another with their tusks.

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