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Padma Purana
These, adorned with beautiful horses, swift chariots driven by desire, stationed amidst a great army, approached the battlefield. ||17||
Vidyutvaha, Marudvahu, Sanu, Jaladavaha, Raviyana, Prachandali, these too, resembling wealth, ||18||
With many great charioteers, their banners ablaze with various fires, filled with faith in battle, they raced like the wind. ||19||
Vibhishana, the devoted one, mounted a great, excellent aircraft named Ratnaprabha. ||20||
Yuddhavarti, Vasanta, Kanta, Kaumudinandan, Bhuri, Kolahala, Hedo, Bhavit, Sadhuvatsala, ||21||
Ardhachandra, Jinaprema, Sagara, Sagaropama, Manojna, Jinasanjna, and Jinamata, etc., all came out to fight. ||22||
These, with their bodies clad in armor, emerged from the ocean, their forms standing on the ground, in various colored aircraft. ||23||
Padmanabha, Sumitraja, Sugriva, Janakatmaja, these, seated in swan-like aircraft, shone in the sky. ||24||
Resembling great clouds, they were mounted on various vehicles, these celestial kings, eager to go towards Lanka. ||25||
The sounds of trumpets, mixed with the roar of millions of conch shells, arose, like the roar of the deluge, terrifying, free from fault. ||26||
The sounds of Bhabha, Bheri, Mridanga, Lampaka, Dhundhu, Manduka, Jhamla, Mlataka, Hakka, Hunkara, Dundukaanaka, Jharjara, Hetugujja, Kahala, and Dardura, etc., all sounded together, creating a great noise that shook the ears. ||27-28||
The sounds of flutes, laughter, stars, and the clash of weapons, the roars of lions and elephants, the sounds of buffaloes and chariots, the sounds of camels, and the sounds of deer and birds, all arose. These sounds covered all other sounds in the world. ||29-30||
When these two great armies met, all beings were filled with doubt about their lives. ||31||
The earth was shaken, the mountains trembled, and the salty ocean was disturbed. ||32||