Text 49] The Battle Between the Demigods and Demons 55

TRANSLATION

Scorpions, large snakes and many other poisonous animals, as
well as lions, tigers, boars and great elephants, all began falling
upon the demigod soldiers, crushing everything.

TEXT 48

MIATA ATT: Asem Raa: |
fafea fetta anfgeqerar cat: TAT I VS Ii

yatudhanyas ca satasah
Sila-hasta vivdsasah

chindhi bhindhiti vadinyas
tatha rakso-ganah prabho

yatudhanyah—carnivorous female demons; ca—and; Satasah—
hundreds upon hundreds; Siila-hastah—every one of them with a tri-
dent in hand; vivaésasah—completely naked; chindhi—cut to pieces;
bhindhi—pierce; iti—thus; vadinyah—talking; tatha—in that way;
raksah-ganah—a band of Raksasas (a type of demon); prabho—O my
King.

TRANSLATION

O my King, many hundreds of male and female carnivorous
demons, completely naked and carrying tridents in their hands,
then appeared, crying the slogans ‘‘Cut them to pieces! Pierce
them!”

TEXT 49

TET Sa THANIETATT: |
art wattaa: Weil

tato maha-ghana vyomni
gambhira-parusa-svanah

angdaran mumucur vatair
Ghatah stanayitnavah
