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The fortieth chapter
407. With banners and garments flying forward, led by a favorable wind, mounted by warriors renowned for their valiant deeds like lions,
209. Whose faces were illuminated by the brilliance of the assembled weapons,
210. Whose terrifying roars were amplified by the sound of large drums,
211. Whose three worlds were filled with the sweet sound of bells,
212. Who, with pride, were eager to conquer even lions, and who were messengers of victory,
213. With elephants, whose vastness resembled dark clouds,
214. Whose arrows, falling from all sides, resembled flocks of peacocks,
215. Whose swords, raised high, flashed like lightning,
216. Whose deep roars of many drums resembled the thunder of clouds,
217. Whose earth was covered with a flood of fresh blood,
218. Whose relentless blows of maces resembled a shower of thunderbolts,
219. Whose sky was covered with white banners like flocks of herons,
220. That battle, at that time, was enhancing the full glory of the rainy season.
221. For a long time, in the battlefield surrounded by a multitude of warriors, there was a frequent exchange of weapons between the two armies.
222. At that time, the sky above was filled with a multitude of vultures, the middle part was filled with fluttering banners, and the earth was filled with weapons abandoned by both armies.
223. At that time, Jayakumar, desiring to make Jayalakshmi the new rival of the newly married Sulochana, advanced his elephant, aiming for the fame of Arka.
224. Just as the karma of the ascetics who ride on the क्षपक श्रेणी (a type of celestial vehicle) obstructs them, so too, the eight-moon-like Vidyadharas, whose powers were seen before, came forward again,