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# Simhasanadvatrimshika 24.7

Siṃhāsanadvātriṃśikā 24.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana.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  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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