The gods having assembled together in battle, killed many of the Danavas. They did not know at that time that it was the Brahmanas who had encompassed their destruction.
हत्वा वै दानवान् देवाः सर्वे सम्भूय संयुगे। तेनाभ्यजानन् हि तदा ब्राह्मणैर्निहतान् कपान्॥