Thereupon when the night set in Śatrughna accosted Bhrgu's son Cyavana saying, “O Brāhmaṇa how powerful is Lavaņa? And what is the strength of his dart? What persons before had been destroyed by this dart in conflict?”
अथ रात्र्यां प्रवृत्तायां शत्रुघ्नो भृगुनन्दनम्। पप्रच्छ च्यवनं विप्रं लवणस्य यथाबलम्॥ शूलस्य च बलं ब्रह्मन्के च पूर्वं विनाशिताः। अनेन शूलमुख्येन द्वन्द्वयुद्धमुपागताः॥