Whole earth was empty

Vaisampayana  to Janamejaya

O monarch, both armies,

1. filled with joy, 
2. stood addrest for battle, 
3. Indeed, that encounter of the two armies was highly wonderful, like that of two oceans when the end of the Yuga is arrived. 
4. The whole earth was empty, having only the children and the old left (at home)

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