Those mounted on cars (assailed him) with their cars, and those mounted on the backs of elephants (assailed him) with their elephants, and those riding horses (assailed him) with their horses, and the foot-soldiers attacked him, stationed in the sky; and the foremost of Rākşasas resembling mountains, by means of darts, rstis and tomaras, suspended the respiration of Hari even as the prāņāyāma* does that of a twice-born one. *The practice of regulation respiration and finally suspending the same. This is practised by the Yogis of India, who attribute wonderful virtues to it.
स्यन्दनैः स्यन्दनगता गजैश्च गजमूर्धगाः। अश्वारोहास्तथाश्वैश्च पादाताश्चाम्बरे स्थिताः॥ राक्षसेन्द्राः गिरिनिभाः शरैः शक्त्य॒ष्टितोमरैः। निरुछ्वासं हरिं चक्रुः प्राणायामा इव द्विजम्॥