Then like the battle between Shakra and Shambara in the days of yore, the battle between those two foremost of Rakshasas became terrible, as they invoked into existence many illusions.
तयोः प्रतिभयं युद्धमासीद् राक्षससिंहयोः। कुर्वतोर्विविधा मायाः शक्रशम्बरयोरिव॥