The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 9.10.9

9.10.9

balibhiḥ pāṇḍavairdṛptairlabdhalakṣaiḥ prahāribhiḥ |
kauravyasīdatpṛtanā mṛgīvāgnisamākulā || 9 ||

During that battle inspiring the timid with terror, indeed, during the progress of the battle as it was fought on that morning about the hour of sunrise, the Pandava heroes of good aim, protected by the high-souled Yudhishthira, fought with thy forces, making death itself their goal. The Kuru army, O thou of the race of Kuru, encountering the proud Pandavas endued with great strength, skilled in smiting, and possessed of sureness of aim, became weakened and agitated like a herd of she-deer frightened at a forest conflagration.