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also agreed with her husband in this time of his thought.
The armies of both sides fought against each other. This war turned out to be a great liability for Mahabal. His army was half that of the enemies. Before evening his army was severely crushed. As a result his oarmy had no courage left for fighting the next day.
King Virdhaval and Surpal thought :
"This king is defeated within one day. Now the laurels of victory will be
ours to morrow."
On the other hand, Mahabal remembared the god. He said to the god :
"Kindly halp me in the battle to
morrow.
None of the enemy kings or their soldiers should die. They should however become unconscious. They should also
