Understanding that the gods had become greatly dispirited, the ascetic did this through mercy. He displayed his energy and burnt, without any exertion, those Danavas called Khalins.
तदा तान् दुःखितान् ज्ञात्वा आनृशंस्य परो मुनिः। अयत्नेनादहत् सर्वान् खलिनः स्वेन तेजसा॥ ते