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discharged arrows from (lit. which were joined to) his well-strung Sārnga bow – the arrows that had drunk gluttonously the honey of blood of the demons Madhu and Kaitabha.
37.
Then there ensued a combat between the two (Krsna and Siva), dreadful to look at as they both were equally filled with anger. Indra, the lord of gods, who was seated in his aerial car (above in the sky) appreciated it with a nod of his head.
38.
The gusts spreading from the Wind Missile, discharged by Krsna violently shook the trees; but as soon as they reached their faces they were swallowed by the serpents that served as the decorations of Siva.
39.
Hara (i.e., Śiva) then discharged a Serpent Missile furnished with feathers. From this missile spread out multitudes of serpents; their poisonous hissings poured forth flames. But Visnu's mount the eagle quickly smashed them all (or better, swallowed them all).
40.
The fires emanating with a flash and blazing from the Fire-arrow shot (or discharged) by Krsna were put out by the water of (the river) Gangā on sankara's head.
Then the world which was enveloped in darkness arising from the 'Darkness-arrow' discharged by Sambhu (i.e., Siva) was brightly (lit.powerfully) illuminated by the great brilliance of Krsna's (Sudarśana) Cakra (disc).
42.
The fire from the (third) eye on the forehead of Śiva was quickly extinguished by the big rain-drops pouring down from the world-dissolution clouds, produced by
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