Then a marvellous battle, in which each party was desirous of warding off the blows of the other and which resembled the fight between Shakra and the Danavas in the war between the gods and the Asuras, took place between them. arrows
तद् युद्धमभवत् तेषां कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणाम्। यथा देवासुरे युद्धे शक्रस्य सह दानवैः॥