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Adipurana
Knowing the tremor of the battle, Jayakumar, with great respect, received the serpent's noose and the crescent-shaped arrow from his friend, the serpent-god, who had come to him, knowing the news from the trembling of his seat. ||33-335|| Taking that arrow, which shone like a thousand suns, Jayakumar placed it on his bow, Vajrakanda. ||336|| Knowing that the son of the Chakravarti would surely be killed by this arrow, the rulers of the human and vidyadhara realms were greatly distressed. ||337|| That arrow, like a thunderbolt, consumed nine chariots, eight crescent-shaped arrows, and all the weapons along with their charioteers. ||338|| Arkkirti, whose pride was broken, stood like an elephant whose tusks were broken, or like Yama, whose weapons were destroyed, unable to act. Therefore, one must curse this act of the gods that brought such sorrow. ||339|| Just as a man skilled in strategy, though weaponless, captures a valiant warrior by seizing his feet with a noose and his teeth, so Jayakumar captured Arkkirti. ||340|| To fight before being scorned is valor, but to fight after being scorned, out of arrogance, is a second scorn. ||341|| Although Arkkirti had a noble lineage, a Chakravarti father, the position of a prince, and a vast army, he suffered this fate. This shows that evil conduct afflicts everyone. ||342|| The Chakravarti had bound Jayakumar with a warrior's belt, but he, in turn, made the son of the Chakravarti a place for bandages. Look at this reversal of fortune! ||343|| Jayakumar, the conqueror of all enemies, placed Arkkirti, who was like a moth flying towards fire and weaponless, in his chariot, and mounted a tall elephant himself, and like a lion, he subdued the enemy vidyadhara kings with the serpent's noose, like Varuna. ||344||
1. Crescent-shaped arrow. 2. Thousand suns. 3. Jayakumar. 4. Vajrakanda bow. 5. Placing. 6. Chakravarti. 7. Victory. 8. Distress. 9. Created. 10. Crescent-shaped arrow. 11. Received. 12. Skilled in binding elephants. 13. Weaponless. 14. Arkkirti. 15. Captured. 16. Arrogance. 17. Like a falling sun. 18. Meaning, like a noose. 'Pracheta, Varuna, the noose, the lord of the Yadas, the destroyer.' 19. Controlled.