Those two highly energetic and ancient Daityas, viz., Taraka and Viprachitti were, in ancient time, O king, slain by the help of illusion.
क्रियाभ्युपायैर्निहतौ मया राजन् पुरातनौ॥ तारकाश्च महादैत्यो विप्रचित्तिश्च वीर्यवान्।