Simhasanadvatrimshika 24.7

24.7

tatrā 'reś churikādiśastranicayā bhāntī 'va mīnālayaḥ,
keśasnāyuśirāntrajālanivahaḥ śaivālavad dṛśyate;
yānī 'bhendrakalevarāṇi patitānī 'dṛṅnarāmbhonidheḥ
pretānī 'va vibhānti tāni, rudhire cā 'sthīni śaṅkhā iva. || 7 ||

There the masses of the enemy's weapons such as daggers shone like shoals of fish; / the mass of hair, sinews, veins, and entrails appeared like moss; / the fallen carcases of lordly elephants shone like ghost-ships upon such an ocean of men, / and the bones in the blood shone like conch shells. || 7