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The chariots, adorned with banners, raced towards the enemies, having obtained their turn in due course. || 177 || The chariot-lords, mounted on chariots fully equipped with weapons, roared like lions confined in cages. || 178 || In that battle, the groups of chariots were moving in the mud of blood and flesh, crushed by the collision of wheels, like small boats in a sea. || 176 || The horses of the chariots, wounded in their feet, were moving with great difficulty in the battlefield, filled with spears, swords, lances, and chakras. || 180 || At that time, the victorious one, whose prowess was increasing like the sun mounted on the zodiac sign of Taurus, mounted on a chariot equipped with all kinds of weapons, was advancing, his sharp rays of arrows illuminating the path ahead, piercing the darkness of the enemy. || 181-182 || Or, that victorious one was imitating a good physician or doctor, because just as a physician draws out corrupted blood with the point of a surgical instrument, so also that victorious one was drawing out the blood of the wicked enemies with the point of his sword. Just as a physician knows the art of wielding surgical instruments, so also that victorious one knew the art of wielding weapons. And just as a physician removes a surgical wound, so also that victorious one was removing the enemy, who was like a surgical wound. || 183 || The arrows shot by him were falling on the flags of the enemies like comets, bringing them distress and announcing ill omen. || 184 || At that time, the victorious one, breaking the staffs of the enemy flags, was making all the enemies powerless and without lineage, behaving like the flag of the Soma dynasty. || 185 || Some of those whose flags were torn apart stood for a moment like dead men. It is true that beings are not counted by their lives, but proud men consider pride as their life. || 186 || They were unable to bear the victory of the victorious one, who was burning brightly, and all of them perished together, like moths flying into a fire. || 187 ||
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