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While the hermit's son was saying this, the Vidyádhara Kálakampana came to meet Prabhása in fight. Then Prabhása said to him, " Ha ! Ha ! you have rendered me a great service, so let me now see your valour here." Saying this, Prabhása let fly at him a succession of arrows, and Kálakampana in return showered sharp arrows upon him. Then that Vidyádhara and that man fought together with arrows and answering arrows, making the worlds astonished. Then Prabhása with a sharp arrow struck down the banner of Kálakampana, with a second he killed his charioteer, with four more his four horses, and with one more he cut his bow in half, with two more he cut off his hands, with two more his arms, and with two more his two ears, and with one sharp-edged arrow he cut off the head of his foe, and thus displayed wonderful dexterity. Thus Prabhása, as it were, chastised Kálakampana, being angry with him because he had slain so many heroes in his own army. And the men and Asuras, when they saw that Vidyádhara chief slain, raised a shout, and the Vidyádharas immediately proclaimed their despondency.*[1]
Then a king of the Vidyádharas, named Vidyutprabha, lord of the hill of Kálanjara. in wrath attacked Prabhása. When he was fighting with Prabhása, Prabhása first cut asunder his banner, and then kept cutting his bows in two, as fast as he took them up. Then the Vidyádhara, being ashamed, by his delusive power flew up invisible into the sky, and rained swords, clubs, and other weapons upon Prabhása. Prabhása, for his part, swept away his succession of missiles with others, and by the illuminating weapon made that Asura manifest, and then employing the weapon of fire, he burned up Vidyutprabha with its blaze, and bringing him down from the heaven, laid him dead on the earth.
When Śrutaśarman saw this, he said to his warriors, " Observe, this man has slain two chiefs of hosts of great warriors. Now why do you put up with it? Join together and slay him." When they heard that, eight warriors in anger surrounded Prabhása. One was a king of the Vidyádharas named Urdhvaroman, a lord of hosts of warriors, dwelling in the great mountain named Vankataka. And the second warrior was a chief of the Vidyádharas named Vikrośana, the king of the rock Dharanídhara. And the third was the hero Indramálin, a prince of the Vidyádharas, lord of a host of distinguished warriors, and his home was the mountain Lílá. And the fourth was an excellent Vidyádhara named king Kákandaka, a chief of a host of warriors, and his dwelling was in the mountain .Malaya. And the fifth was Darpaváha by name, lord of the hill Niketa, and the sixth was Dhúrtuvyuyana the lord of the mountain Anjana, and both these Vidyádharas were chiefs of excellent warriors. And the seventh one, whose chariot was drawn by asses, was named Varáhasvámin, king of the
- ↑ * The MS. in the Sanskrit College reads jagme.
