PLATE FOUR

‘The shower of various weapons and arrows released by the demons to
kill the soldiers of the demigods did not reach them because the
demigods, acting quickly, cut the weapons into thousands of pieces in the
sky. As their weapons and mantras decreased, the demons began shower-
ing mountain peaks, trees and stones upon the demigod soldiers, but the
demigods were so powerful and expert that they nullified all these
weapons by breaking them to pieces in the sky as before. When the
soldiers of the demons, commanded by Vrtrasura, saw that the soldiers of
King Indra were quite well, having not been injured at all by their
volleys of weapons, not even by the trees, stones and mountain peaks, the
demons were very much afraid. Leaving aside their leader even in the
very beginning of the fight, they decided to flee because all their prowess
had been taken away by the enemy.” (pp. 180-183)
