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The Seventh Chapter
143. The king of the aerial beings, enraged, destroyed those cities with his fierce followers, which had insulted his rule. ||50||
Just as intoxicated elephants destroy lotus groves, so did those angry aerial beings destroy the gardens. ||59||
Then, oppressed by the aerial beings, the people, trembling with fear, went to the shelter of the Sahasrar. ||60||
Prostrating at his feet, they spoke these humble words: "O Lord, protect us, for the sons of Sukeśa have destroyed all our people." ||61||
Then the Sahasrar said to the aerial beings: "Go to my son Indra and tell him your plight." ||62||
Just as Indra, the protector of the heavens, protects his strong rule, so does my son, the destroyer of evil, protect this world. ||63||
Thus, having received the answer of the Sahasrar, the aerial beings went to Indra, and, joining their hands in salutation, narrated the whole story. ||64||
Then Indra, with a proud smile and a face shining white, looked at the thunderbolt held in his hand, his eyes red with anger, and said: ||65||
"I am eager to find and destroy those thorns of the world, and now you have come to me yourselves, and I am called the protector of the world." ||66||
Then, to announce the battle, he sounded a terrible trumpet, the sound of which made even the maddened elephants break their chains. ||67||
Hearing this, the aerial beings, adorned with armor, weapons in their hands, and filled with the joy of battle, came out of their homes. ||68||
They rode on magical chariots, horses, elephants, camels, lions, tigers, wolves, deer, swans, goats, bulls, rams, airplanes, peacocks, and donkeys. ||69||
Besides these, the Lokapalas, adorned with the brilliance of various weapons, and with their faces distorted by the frown of their brows, came out with their retinues. ||70||
Indra, whose body was covered with armor, and over whom a white umbrella was held, mounted his elephant Airavata and went forth with the gods. ||71||
1. शासयामास क., ख. । 2. रक्षस्यूजित म. । 3. वृत्तसूदनः म., क. । पापहारकः । 4. निरगच्छत् ।