The encounter that then took place between those two foremost of the Rakshasas, resembled that which took place between Sumeru and the king of the immortals, in days gone by.
तयोस्तदभवद् युद्धं रक्षोग्रामणिमुख्ययोः। तादृग् यादृक् पुरावृत्तं शम्बरामरराजयोः॥