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TRANSLATION
66.
You are polluting the daughter of Bāna, the lord of all the gods and demons. Who, who are you, committing this vile and rash act ? And which way did you enter this mansion heavily guarded on all sides as it is ?
67.
Go away if you care to live, If you, however, crave for death, fight with me. For the arrows of Bāna are known to be fierce in mercilessness against the guilty.
68.
Thereupon the son of Pradyumna (i.e. Aniruddha) said to Bāņa, the king of the demons : "Enough of your bragging ! Why do you attempt to vanquish Krsna's grandson on the battlefield like a jackal a lion ?
69.
"The man who is hit by my mace on his head will hardly last longer than a minute. I call her (my mace) the sister of Yama's staff. See if you are strong enough to withstand the might of a thunderbolt !
70.
Thus ensued a fierce encounter (which was to last] long between the two. Both were mighty, haughty and full of hatred, they kept spewing insults at each other.
All the missiles which Bāna with his thousand arms hurled at him were instantaneously shattered to pieces by Aniruddha (the son of Pradyumna) with his single mace.
When the Lord of Demons saw the young hero making such dangerous moves and flourishing his mace in such a threatening manner, he felt worried that it may turn out to be a difficult proposition, he hurled at him the serpent-missile and arrested all his bodily movements.
73.
Binding that youth by his serpent-missile when that Bāņāsura quickly went away, the girl (Usa) wept
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