Then the night-rangers, hemming in Madhava,* began to pierce him with thousands of excellent sharpened weapons dyed in flesh and blood, and resembling the fire of Doomsday. *One of the many designations of Visnu.
युगान्तवैश्वानरतुल्यविग्रहैः। निशाचराः संपिवार्य माधवं वरायुधैर्निर्बिभिदुः सहस्रशः॥