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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 10]
of them making sounds together;  nisvanaḥ —a tumultuous sound;  abhavat —so became.
TRANSLATION
The sounds of the conchshells, bugles, drums, bheris and  ḍamarīs  [kettledrums], as well as the sounds made by the elephants, horses and soldiers, who were both on chariots and on foot, were tumultuous.
TEXT 8
रथिनो रथिभिस्तत्र पत्तिभिः सह पत्तयः । हया हयैरिमाश्वेभैः समसजन्त संयुगे ॥ ८ ॥
rathino rathibhis tatra   pattibhiḥ saha pattayaḥ   hayā hayair ibhāś cebhaiḥ   samasajjanta saṁyuge
rathinaḥ —fighters on chariots;  rathibhiḥ —with the charioteers of the enemy;  tatra —in the battlefield;  pattibhiḥ —with the infantry soldiers;  saha —with;  pattayaḥ —the infantry of the enemy soldiers;  hayāḥ —the horses;  hayaiḥ —with the enemy's soldiers;  ibhāḥ —the soldiers fighting on the backs of elephants;  ca —and;  ibhaiḥ —with the enemy's soldiers on the backs of elephants;  samasajjanta —began to fight together on an equal level;  saṁyuge —on the battlefield.
TRANSLATION
On that battlefield, the charioteers fought with the opposing charioteers, the infantry soldiers with the opposing infantry, the soldiers on horseback with the opposing soldiers on horseback, and the soldiers on the backs of elephants with the enemy soldiers on elephants. In this way, the fighting took place between equals.
TEXT 9
उष्ट्रैः केचिदिभैः केचिदपरे युयुधुः खरैः । केचिद् गौरमुखैर्च्छेद्वीपिभिर्हरिभिर्भटाः ॥ ९ ॥