Even the celestials could not recollect if such a dreadful encounter had happened before. In a moment the huge Gandharva host was slain. After the destruction of the Gandharvas, Kaikeyi's son Bharata set up two excellent and prosperous cities in the province of Gandharva.
तयुद्धं तादृशं घोरं न स्मरन्ति दिवौकसः। निमेषान्तरमात्रेण तादृशानां महात्मनाम्।।। हतेषु तेषु सर्वेषु भरतः केकयीसुतः। निवेशयामास तदा समृद्ध द्वे पुरोत्तमे॥