Both of them, mighty as the God Indra, assailed one another with weapons powerful as Indra's thunder and fought also like Indra himself and (Asura) Vritra.
बुभौ महेन्द्रप्रतिमौ महारथौ। महेन्द्र वृत्राविव सम्प्रजघ्नतुः॥