Then between the Matsyas and the Kekayas a confused combat raged in which the horses, as men warriors, the car-warriors and the elephantwarriors fought undauntedly and which resembled the encounter between the celestials and the Asuras.
तदुत्पिञ्जलकं युद्धमासीद् देवासुरोपमम्। मत्स्यानां केकयैः सार्धमभीताश्वरथद्विपम्॥