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seme starteJ from lis hands, some issued from his mauth and' rushed upon liis foe. K'Rna was 



disnsBved and retreating, endeaTOured to place himself in a more favourable position. Now th« 



torches of th« sues of Pandu were brought forth, and burnt wi h increasing spleudour. Thers 



yyas s !{aesa9A, the son of JatA^^ura, vfhose name was Lambana : — Jata uba, ihe faiher, had 



feeen slain by the handa of Bima. LambanA vpas attended bf » wh >le army «f DutaSy who rushed 



upon the forces of G atstkacha— Bu^as like ihemselves. The conflict wasmMtue! and the battla 



raged I demca cootendiug igsinst demon. Lambana himself encounteriBg the King of Putbn^a, 



was defeated aud slaico The conqueror severing the head from the body, took the former and Jhrcvf 



it in the direction of 5i/^j<£/attfl, exclaiming, '• O Sotudana here is the headi of your relatiotr." 



Soon the brother of LambanAi whose name was LtMsu.SArSA, prepared to taka revesge sad disa 



charged a flight of 2'ristilas, nhich numerous as ruin fell upuu hii adfersaries ; but thesf^n of 6ift2& 



was not to be dismayed. He opposed >he host of adverse Butas, and at kn^tb seizing upon their 



leader, he divided his head from his body acd dashed it from him, Then advanced t* bat U with his 



deCEons the cWef Kala»Yuda. He stormed with rage, still miodfut of the death of his failier. — His 



father Kibmira, an iuaoc«Qt victi'm, who had falteu by the bands of Bima. GaTotkacHA soon put 



Kala YuDA to the swrord. TheOj aoother Z?u^a shouting , riish^d int» the bat'!'. H;s nsme waa 



KAcA-SaAKGi, ia person of perfect beauty. Ban'bak Urawaw, ilie sod of Arj0wa, by Dawi Pa« 



lUFUi, h«d fallen before by bis hands. He joined the romb^tams without delay, but soon luet hi& 



ilt;a(h from the King ttf Purbat/a, who now routed the hostile demons in every direction, so that 



none reuiataed to offer further resistance. KfiettA alone eBCOantered the roo of BiMA wid 



conlinned the battle — they contended with missile weapons. — Ttie fiyiog forces o1 Kama were puir» 



sued by the Raksasas of Gatotkacha as an enraged elephant pursues the Hon.— Such of the forces 



of the KuRAWA as were taken prisoners, were forthwith dispAtchedo Tiie fiigl'i»ea ucuW not be ral- 



iied, for the groans of the wounded and the noise of the feet of the ?uQiways appalled the resf«. 



Close pursued by the Pancfus, the ^wrarpffi were dispers'-d its every direction. Even more thaa 



terrified, they es inguished their torches for security. But the torches of the Pandas biased fortb^ 



and they added to their own 'hose dropt by the mnawajs. The torches of ihe victors seemed as if 



4hey would set the universe on fire, and consume thej^r enemies in the flames.— Kaska d«serted by hid 



army stormed with ange-^. In his chariot he chargfd tie son of Bima in his, slew his driver, and dis« 



abied his hor'ies, — -The son of Bima flw into 'he u(>pr region, and seating hiroaelf on the white 



clouds, noIonjT touched the firm ear'h. Karka finding his foe had disappeared, was struck with 



disraaj ; confus-d, he discharged his countless darts, hardly knowing whither. Some upwards soma 



downwards, some to the right hand, s^mn to the le't, some to the front, and some to the rear.— . Dreading 



an msidaous a't^ck and in anxious expectation of Ms enemy, he permi'ted not his eye to wink or to 



€lo3e.=.A.t length Ka&na he-.rd ih*? voice of the King of Pu, bava from the eloads warning him to 



prepsre himself.— As he descended, the sound grew louder and ended like a clap of thunder, adding 



terror to the fi-ld of battle.— The King of Jwanga knew the sound, and calling aloud (o his loe^ 



«lia\Ungd h\m lo descead m the stable earth and mist Uei, G A'?oisAeSA la tie asdal of the cIohJs^ 



