The combat that took place, O king, when the sun was declining, between the infantry and cavalry, chariots and elephants of both sides, resembling that which took place in the days of yore between the gods and demons, was dreadful, fierce, hair-stirring and calculated to increase the dominion of Yama.
तेषां समागमो घोरस्तुमुलो लोहमर्षणः। घ्नतां परस्परं राजन् यमराष्ट्रविवर्धनः॥ देवासुरसमो राजन्नासीत् सूर्येऽवलम्बति। पदातिरथनागेन्द्रहयारोहबलौघवान्॥