यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति ।
तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा-
विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ।। ११.२८ ।।

yathā nadīnāṁ bahavo’mbu-vegāḥ
samudram-evābhimukhā dravanti |
tathā tavāmī nara-loka-vīrā-
viśanti vaktrāṇy-abhivijvalanti || 11.28 ||

The whole sight, he is amazed, is set to instrument mass destruction. It unnerves him. The entire array of the armies was seen gushing into the wide open mouth of Destruction. Bheeshma, Drona, Karna and also all the rest were being swept in the tide, like rivers surging forward to meet the sea.