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a are both valorous. All gods and minor deities bow their heads to Ari anemi, Balar ma and K a. Ari anemi can single-handedly win over the entire earth by the might of his arms. In your army, leaving aside you, who is that brave and strong? Most of the great ones in your army use deceit and trickery to do their work. Your son K lakum ra was destroyed by the trick of a clan-goddess. Doesn't this show you that even destiny is not in your favour? The Y davas too went far from you to Dv rik ,but you have provoked them to a war with you. Even now if you stop this war they will readily return to Dv rik.” But Jar samdha did not pay heed to Hansa's rightful speech, but insulted and condemned him.
Both armies created their battalion-placements. After preparing the placements, Jar samdha appointed Hira yan bha, the king of Kau ala his army general. Samudravijaya appointed K a's elder brother, An dh i as the army general of the Y davas. The air was filled with sounds of conch-shells, trumpets and other war musical instruments. The warriors from both sides pounced on each other like hungry lions. When Ari anemi got ready for war, the king of gods, Indra, sent a chariot, Jaivaratha, filled with divine weapons, with his charioteer M tali. Upon the request of M tali, Ari anemi got on to that chariot. For a long time there was intense fighting. Neither side could break through each other's battalion placements. In the end, when Jar samdha's army succeeded in breaking past the portion of a placement at the forefront which protected
ir da placement, K. a unfurled the Gar da flag and steadied the army. Mah nemi, Arjuna and An dh i, after intense battle, crushed the army of Jar samdha. The Y dav army entered the enemy posts, breaking and defeating them. Intense fighting continued. Many great warriors came to be of use on both sides. Both army generals fought with weapons which lasted a long while. In the end, An dh i beheaded Hira yan bha. There was chaos in Jar samdha's army. By coincidence, the sun had set as well, hence both armies returned to their respective camps.
On the second day, Jar samdha declared i up la his army general. Both armies created their respective circular placements (cakravy ha) and stood facing each other in the battlefield. With a twang of his bow-string, Jar samdha moved towards Balar ma and K a. Jar samdha's son. prince Yavana, too, began to attack the sons of Vasudeva with great speed. S ra akum ra chopped off the head of Yavan kum ra with his
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