20-22. Just like the seedlings and sprouts that had got
withered (due to heat) and became (fresh) on getting a goo
shower on the earth (the Daityas became refreshed).
Thereafter, in the form of a cloud, Kalanemi, the g rea
Asura, who could not be defeated, made a terrible shower o
weapons on the armies of Devas. On being afflicted through
23-34 that shower by Daityas ajid others, Devas could not see any
way out like the cows afflicted by chillness. Extremely frightened,
they took shelter under one another, among the elephants,
horses and the chariots. They concealed themselves in various
places.
23-25. While they were trying to hide themselves, they were
killed by Kalanemi. Devas were seen falling down with the
joints of their limbs broken by the weapons. Their heads were
torn asunder; their heads were shattered; their thighs and knees
were broken. The chariot wheels were turned upside down.
Strong flagstaff's fell down. Thousands of horses and ten
thousands of elephants (were killed). On account of the terrible
flow of their blood the whole ground became impassable.
26-28. Thus in the course of that battle, Kalanemi, the
great Daitya of immense power, killed within a short period a
hundred thousand Gandharvas, five hundred thousand Yaksas,
five hundred thousand Kinnaras and seven hundred thousand
leading Pisacas (ghosts). There is no count of the other species
of Suras. Infuriated Kalanemi who had become excessively
haughty and furious killed crores of them fearlessly.
29-33. In that great terrible holocaust of Devas, the heroic
Asvins became excessively enraged. They shone brilliantly with
their various missiles and armours of variegated shapes. They
struck everyone of the Daityas in the battle with sixty arrows.
All those arrows pierced through (the bodies of) the great
Daityas and entered the earth along with the feathers fixed to
their extremities.
(Kalanemi) somehow came to his senses on account of their
hitting with the arrows. He took up a discus with a hundred
thousand spokes that had been smeared with oil and that (was
considered) a superior weapon in battle. With that discus he
cut off the shaft of the chariot of Asvins. Then the Daitya took
up a bow and arrows comparable to serpents.
He showered (volleys of arrows) on the head of the Physicians
(i.e. Asvins), covering the sky above (with the arrows). They
too cut off all the arrows of the Daitya by means of missiles
invoked by them.
34. On seeing this feat of those two, (the Daitya) was surprised and got enraged. He took up a mallet as terrible as
the baton of Kala (‘god of Death’).
35-39. He whirled it with great force and hurled it against
his chariot. On seeing that mallet approaching, even while it
was in the sky, both the Asvins left off their chariots with
great speed. That mallet resembling a mountain pounded and
thrashed both the chariots. That mallet adorned with a number
of gold (plates) tore off the ground (beneath).
On seeing that action of his, the Physicians with wonderful
ways of fighting, fought with the great Danava assaulting him
with the adamantine missile (‘Vajrastra'). On account of terrible
strokes from the thunderbolt, the Danava was wounded. Even
as the entire army was watching it, the chariot, the flagstaff, the
bow, the umbrella and the armour got split into a hundred
pieces in a moment.
40. On seeing that marvellous (i.e. difficult to be performed)
deed of the Asvins, the Daitya of terrible exploits, and great
strength discharged the Narayana missile in the course of that
battle.
41. Thereupon the Vajrastra (the adamantine missile,
thunderbolt) became quiescent. Kalanemi then angrily attempted
to catch hold of Asvins alive.
42. On getting his intention both of them abandoned the
battlefield. With all their limbs trembling, they fled on foot to
the place where Vasava (Indra) was present.
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