Having heard the words of the Daityas, that foremost of men with a firm resolve in his heart arrayed his army full of horses, elephants, chariots and foot soldiers. O king, as it moved on like the waters of the Ganga.
दैत्यानां तद् वचः श्रुत्वा हदि कृत्वा स्थिरां मतिम्। ततो मनुजशार्दूलो योजयामास वाहिनीम्॥ रथनागाश्वकलिला पदातिजनसंकुलाम्। गगौघप्रतिमा राजन् सा प्रयाता महाचमूः॥