O monarch, there had taken place a dreadful battle, that had its root in Taraka, between the celestials and the Asuras, each of which parties was most desirous of defeating : the other.
देवानामसुराणां च परस्परजिगीषया॥ बभूव प्रथमो राजन् संग्रामस्तारकामयः।