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smoke the way he knit his brows.
15.
Then quickly Krsna set out of the city; he was led by Balabhadra (i.e. Balarāma) and surrounded by his army in which Krtavarman and Sātyaki were foremost.
16.
The dust from the earth that was kicked up by the hoofs of horses covered the clouds, the breasts, as if it was the brassiers of the breasts of the virgins of the quarters.
17.
The sword blades with their flashing brilliance, the elephant columns presenting the contours of dark clouds, the army drums producing the thundrous sound, Krsna's army looked like heralding the advent of the rainy season.
18.
The Yadu army crossed the ocean by means of a bridge; it destroyed trees on the coast and beat down the earth by the stamping of their feet as it traversed the forests.
19.
The forces of Kęsna being swift of foot quickly crossed mountain-ranges, valleys and roads, and descended on the palace of Bali.
20.
The twanging sounds of bows and the sounds of musical instruments greatly magnified by the trumpetings of elephants all of a sudden filled the people of Sonitālaya (i.e. Šonitapura) with panic and bewilderment.
21.
Mādhava (i.e. Krsna) besieged the city of his enemy first with sounds of drums, then with mass of dust rising from the march of his soldiers and finally with his army.
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