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56.
"You see now the valour of my arms [displayed) on the battle field ! You may be three-headed ! But [with all your heads] you [simply] cannot compete with me.”
57.
The Three-headed one too said [in reply] something like this : "Eh, hear me. I'll do here and now what is dear to Kālahara (i.e., Siva) whereby the demon Bāņa would gain prosperity.
58.
How do you, O stupid one, expect (lit.desire, cherish) to conquer me, the mighty servant of Sankara ? The columns (or mass) of darkness might as well desire to dispel the mass of the sun's rays !
59.
Then there came about a duel between them — which produced loud noise, which shook the heaven and the earth and which was fought hand to hand, nail to nail, foot to foot, tree to tree and rock to rock !
60.
The Three-headed one, overpowered in the combat by the Fever of Visnu (i.e., Kệsna), and chased by him, who was being beaten by him all along (who was continuously striking him) fled all over the earth, the heaven and the nether world, trembling (in fear all the while).
61.
That Fever created by Rudra, with its eyes brimmed with tears and rolling in fear and with its vanity subsided, resorted to Kęsna's lotus-like feet and praised him :
62.
"I am in distress. Grant me safety from thy Fever o Mādhava (i.e., Krsna). Plunged in the ocean of indiscretion, I have been, indeed, vanquished (by your Fever).
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