The Rudras, the Vasus, the greatly powerful Marutas. The Vishvadevas and the Sadhyas, all blazing in their own effulgence, these and many other celestial, armed with various weapons, rushed upon those two best of men, Krishna and Partha, with the desire of killing them.
रुद्राश्च वसवश्चैव मरुतश्च महाबलाः॥ विश्वेदेवास्तथा साध्या दीप्यमानाः स्वतेजसा। एते चान्ये च बहवो देवास्तौ पुरुषोत्तमौ॥ कृष्णपार्थो जिघांसन्तः प्रतीयुर्विविधायुधाः।