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## The Battle of Shraushta
**Verse 554:** Like harsh words piercing the heart from afar, their cries were filled with anger, though they were divine.
**Verse 555:** Their words, like mantras whispered close to the ear, were unwavering even in difficult tasks, like the company of the virtuous.
**Verse 556:** The archers, holding their bows, marched forth, while the valiant warriors, clad in armor and swords, roared with might.
**Verse 557:** The warriors, eager for victory, thundered like dark clouds, armed with various weapons and skilled in diverse forms of combat.
**Verse 558:** From all sides, the warriors arrived to fight the enemy, their swift steeds tearing the earth with their hooves.
**Verse 559:** They were like kings, adorned with fly whisks and seats adorned with precious gems, or like loyal servants, dedicated to their master's welfare.
**Verse 560:** Their mouths filled with grass, they seemed to be eating, and the sweet sound of their bells announced their victory continuously.
**Verse 561:** Clad in armor, they seemed to have wings, soaring through the sky, their mouths foaming with saliva, as if worshipping the earth with their dancing feet.
**Verse 562:** Born in lands like Yavana, Kashmir, and Valhika, they were mounted on steeds, their bodies adorned with the gleaming light of their swords, like waves rising from a vast ocean of warriors.
**Verse 563:** They emerged to terrify their enemies with their fierce cries, their bodies adorned with weapons and banners, their chariots driven by winds favorable to them.
**Verse 564:** Like ships on a sea of battle, the chariots surged forward, their wheels churning the earth, two of them as powerful as Ravana with his single wheel.
**Verse 565:** The chariots, led by their commanders, charged in all directions, their swift steeds fully equipped with weapons, believing that they were more powerful than Ravana with his single wheel.