Lord Krṣṇa Fights with Bāṇāsura
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with the strokes of his club. Kūpakarṇa was also wounded in this way, and both he and Kumbhāṇḍa fell on the battlefield, the commander-in-chief being fatally wounded. Without guidance, all of Bāṇāsura's soldiers scattered here and there.
When Bāṇāsura saw that his soldiers and commanders had been defeated, his anger only increased. He thought it wise to stop fighting with Sātyaki, Krṣṇa's commander-in-chief, and instead directly attacked Lord Krṣṇa. Now having the opportunity to use his one thousand hands, he rushed towards Krṣṇa, simultaneously working 500 bows and 2,000 arrows. Such a foolish person could never measure Krṣṇa's strength. Immediately, without any difficulty, Krṣṇa cut each of Bāṇāsura's bows into two pieces and, to check him from going further, made his chariot horses lay on the ground. The chariot then broke to pieces. After doing this, Krṣṇa blew His conchshell, Pāñcajanya.
There was a demigoddess named Koṭarā who was worshiped by Bāṇāsura, and their relationship was as mother and son. Mother Koṭarā was upset that Bāṇāsura's life was in danger, so she appeared on the scene. With naked body and scattered hair, she stood before Lord Krṣṇa. Śrī Krṣṇa did not like the sight of this naked woman, and to avoid seeing her, he turned His face. Bāṇāsura, getting this chance to escape Krṣṇa's attack, left the battlefield. All the strings of his bows were broken, and there was no chariot or driver, so he had no alternative than to return to his city. He lost everything in the battle.
Being greatly harassed by the arrows of Krṣṇa, all the associates of Lord Śiva, the hobgoblins and ghostly  bhūtas ,  pretas  and  kṣatriyas , left the battlefield. Lord Śiva then took to his last resort. He released his greatest death weapon, known as Śivajvara, which destroys by excessive temperature. It is said that at the end of this creation the sun becomes twelve times more scorching than usual. This twelve-times-hotter temperature is called Śivajvara. When the Śivajvara personified was released, he had three heads and three legs, and as he came toward Krṣṇa it appeared that he was burning everything into ashes. He was so powerful that he made blazing fire appear in all directions, and Krṣṇa observed that he was specifically coming toward Him.
As there is a Śivajvara weapon, there is also a Nārāyaṇajvara weapon. Nārāyaṇajvara is represented by excessive cold. When there is excessive heat, one can somehow or other tolerate it, but when there is excessive cold, everything collapses. This is actually experienced by a person at the time of death. At the time of death, the temperature of the body first of all increases to 107 degrees, and then the whole body collapses and