A cruel and sanguinary combat raged between them, like that between a lion and a pair of elephants in rut, in a forest. also,
तेषां युद्धं समभवद् दारुणं शोणितोदकम्। सिंहस्य द्विपमुख्याभ्यां प्रभिन्नाभ्यां यथा वने ॥