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Padmapurana
Suja, Anga, Vanga, Magadha, etc., kings of the earth, all with great strength, set out. ||43||
They were surrounded by chariots, horses, elephants, and foot soldiers, all enraged and ready to fight. ||44||
Hearing the sound of the trumpets from the chariots, elephants, and horses, the Vrajangha chiefs, ready for battle, were also eager to fight. ||45||
Then, when the front lines of both armies came very close, Lavana and Angkusha, filled with great enthusiasm, entered the enemy's army. ||46||
These two princes, moving with great speed, like a great fire, began to play in the great lake of the enemy army. ||47||
Like lightning, they appeared here and there, then disappeared. They were so powerful that the enemy could hardly look at them. ||48||
They were seen taking arrows, stringing them, and releasing them, but they were not seen, only the slain enemies were seen. ||49||
The earth was covered with fallen chariots, wounded by sharp arrows, making it very difficult to traverse. ||50||
The enemy army, like madmen, was defeated in the blink of an eye, and the group of elephants ran here and there, as if frightened by a lion. ||51||
Then, in a moment, the army of King Prithu, like a river, was dried up by the rays of the sun, which were like the arrows of Lavana and Angkusha. ||52||
The remaining warriors, terrified, fled in all directions, like a group of cotton flowers, without the desire of those princes. ||53||
Prithu, helpless and dejected, was on the path of defeat, and the princes, with their bows, pursued him and said, "Oh, vile Naraprith, where are you fleeing now? We two, whose lineage and character are unknown, have come." ||54-55||
"Why are you not ashamed to flee from us, whose lineage and character are unknown?" ||56||
"Now, we will show you our lineage and character with our arrows. Be careful, or you will be forced to stay." ||57||