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Lilāvai-Kaha of Kouhala
1192. Seeing the army being massacred by those demons with their bodies disguised deceitfully, the king remembered that charm.
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1193. Whatever demon was seen anywhere was ripped into by the indignant king with the stroke of his sharp sword. 1194. Thus, that (demon king) Bhīmānana, though of immeasurable strength, was at once deprived of all followers by the king like a mountain deprived of his wings by Indra. 1195-98. Thus, O Beautiful Lady, when that host of fiends was massacred with their legs, hands, thighs and heads broken, when ghosts were wading through (lit. sinking in mud caused by the flow of fresh hot blood, when groups of jackals were whooping around hundreds of descending imps, when howling jackals were mixing with flocks of greedy vultures, when, all the good fighters were in s uch a condition and when from that army of demons those who had escaped death were running away like cowards, the king was challenged by that demon-king who was infuriated on seeing the destruction of his army and who was holding a sharp sword in his hand.
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1199. (He said), "King! this is the time of your happy union with Beauties in heaven today, the day of your appointment with Death that is close at hand; strike (first) now !"
1200. And the king said, "Demon-king! you strike (first)! with the sharpness of each other's sword, very soon, the strength (of both) will be manifest. us als
1201. So, if there is anyone even among gods who can protect your life even for a moment in such a predicament, * remember him!" odi and tod
1202. As the king said so, My Sweet One! the angry Bhimanana with one stroke broke his excellent shield into two.
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