And both resembling the All destructive fire, began to eye one another. That encounter between them became dreadful and destructive forces, like that in the days of old between Shakra and Shambara, during the battle between the gods and the demons,
परस्परमवेक्षतां कालानलसमौ युधि। तयोः समागमो घोरो बभूव कटुकोदयः॥ यथा देवासुरे युद्धे शक्रशम्बरयोः पुरा॥