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 break, and entered alone. And Dáamodara himself came and defended that opening in the line, and Prabhása fought against him unaided. And Súryaprabha, seeing that he had entered alone, sent fifteen great warriors to follow him, Prakampana, and Dhúmraketu, and Kálakampana, and Mahámáya, and Marudvega, and Prahasta, and Vajrapanjara, and Kálachakra, and Pramathana, and Sinhanáda, and Kambala, and Vikatáksha, and Pravahana, and Kunjarakumáraka, and Prahrishtaroman the heroic Asura, prince: all those great warriors rushed forward to the opening in the line; then Dámodara exhibited his wonderful heroism, in that alone he fought with those fifteen. When Indra saw that, he said to the hermit Nárada, who was at his side, " Súryaprabha and the others of bis party are incarnations of Asuras, but Śrutaśarman is a portion of me, and all these Vidyádharas are portions of the gods, so observe, hermit, this is a disguised fight between the gods and Asuras. And observe, in it Vishnu is, as "ever, the ally of the gods, for Dámodara, who is a portion of him, is fighting here.

While Indra was saying this, fourteen great warriors came to assist the general Dámodara,— Brahmagupta and Váyubala, and Yamadanshtra, and Suroshana, and Roshávaroha,and Atibala, and Tejahprabha, and Dhurandhara, and Kuveradatta, and Varunaśarman, and Kambalika, and the hero Dushtadamana, and Dobana and Árohana. And those fifteen heroes, joined with Dámodara, fighting in front of the line, kept off the followers of Súryaprabha. Then single combats took place between them; Prakampana carried on a missile fight with Dámodara, and Dhúmraketu fought with Brahmagupta, and Mahámáya fought with Atibala, the Dánava Kálakampana fought with Tejahprabha, and the great Asura Marudvega with Váyubala, and Vajrapanjara fought with Yamadanshtra, and the heroic Asura Kálachakra with Suroshana; Pramathana fought with Kuveradatta, and the king of the Daityas, named Sinhanáda, with Varunaśarman. Pravahana fought with Dushtadamana, and the Dánava Prahrishtaroman fought with Roshávaroha; and Vikatáksha fought with Dhurandhara, Kambalika fought with Kambalika, and Kunjarakumáraka with Árohana, and Prahasta with Dohana, who was also called Mahotpáta.

When these pairs of warriors were thus fighting in the front of the line, Sunítha said to Maya, " Alas ! observe, our heroic warriors, though skilled in the use of many weapons, have been prevented by those antagonists from entering the enemies' line; but Prabhása entered before recklessly alone, so we do not know what will become of him there. When Suvásakumára heard this, he said, " All the'gods, Asuras, and men in the three worlds are not a match for this Prabhása unaided, much less then are these Vidyádharas. So why do you fear without reason, though you know this well enough?"