O great king, then urged by your son the Trigartas, the Kaikeyas numbering twenty-five thousands, all of whom were foremost of men accomplished in arms and who were incapable of being defeated by any enemy in battle, surrounded Kiritin with his on in order to kill them both.
ततस्त्रिगर्ता राजेन्द्र मद्राश्च सह केकयैः। पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रास्तव पुत्रेव चोदिताः॥ धनुर्वेदविदो मुख्या अजेयाः शत्रुभिर्येधि। सहपुत्रं जिघांसन्तं परिवब्रः किरीटिनम्॥