32 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 10

of them making sounds together; nisvanah—a tumultuous sound;
abhavat—so became.

TRANSLATION

The sounds of the conchshells, bugles, drums, bheris and
damaris [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

frat tare ofafa: ae TAT |
em cafmat: amaze agtiic il

rathino rathibhis tatra
pattibhih saha pattayah
haya hayair ibhas cebhaih

samasajjanta samyuge

rathinah—fighters on chariots; rathibhih—with the charioteers of the
enemy; tatra—in the battlefield; pattibhih—with the infantry soldiers;
saha—with; pattayah—the infantry of the enemy soldiers; hayah—the
horses; hayaih—with the enemy’s soldiers; ibhah—the soldiers fighting
on the backs of elephants; ca—and; ibhaih—with the enemy’s soldiers
on the backs of elephants; samasajjanta—began to fight together on an
equal level; samyuge—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

oe: hatee: afaqrt Fay: wai: |
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