29-30. Gajasura, a Daitya in the form of a bull-elephant, saw the army of Suras coming. He was a great performer in the ocean of wholesale killing. He had an axe for his weapon and made a cup of teeth and lips (teeth firmly cutting the lips). He stamped and crushed Devas under his feet and hurled the others with his trunk.
31. He killed the others with his battle-axe. The great Daitya had terrific power. Even as he was killing (them), Devas, Gandharvas and Kinnaras became furious.
32-33. All of them jointly discharged a mass of miraculous weapons and missiles such as battle-axes, discuses, small javelins, mallets, lances, barbed missiles, sharp (pointed) arrows and unbearable mallets. The Daitya swallowed all of them like the leader of a herd (of elephants) swallowing mouthfuls of his food.
34. With the tips of (his) curved fangs throbbing with anger, he made a roaring sound slapping his palms. Killing Suras in the battle, he moved (so quickly) everywhere, that the Danava could not be seen (in one place for a long time).
35. A loud noise of “HA, HA” (Alas!) arose from all those groups of Suras whereon Gajasura fell.
36. On seeing that army fleeing all round, the Rudras with egotism rising up like flames of fire, spoke to one another:
37. “O, catch hold of the leading Daitya, O powerful ones split him; drag him. Break (pierce) him with sharp spears through, at the vital points.”
38-39. On hearing those words, Kapall took up his spear. sharp and shining at the tip, and wped it with hn. left hand. In his excitement his eyes were gaping. appeared as though he had (scattered) red and blue lotuses m all the quarters. Then he went towards the great Daitya, knitting his eye rows.
40. He held the spear with a firm grip of his fist. Kapali, devoid of impurities, struck the Danava in the elephant form, on the frontal globe of his forehead. . ,
41 Thereupon all the other ten Rudras struck the great Daitya whose body resembled a huge mountain, by means of spears made of iron without impurities (? steel).
42-43. From all the tubular vessels and pores (of the Daitya) blood began to flow. With the flow of blood caused by the spears of the Rudras, the Danava Gaja shone like a pure lake in the autumn, full of full-blown blue lotuses without any impurities and surrounded by swans whose bodies had white splendour like Rudras. „ . .,. ..
44. In the course of fighting Daitya Gajasura with his sprout-like ears moving to and fro, pierced the infuriated Kapali and Bhava in the navel region by means of his tusks.
45. On seeing him engaged with two Rudras, the (other) nine Rudras immediately pierced the body of the enemy of the immortal ones by means of arrows and spears.
46-47. Then the great Asura left off Kapali and Bhava. With great speed, the infuriated Daitya rushed towards the nine Rudras. He pressed them with the kicks of his feet and trunk as well. Then, when he became exhausted by the spear fight, Kapali caught hold of the trunk of the enemy of the immortal ones (i.e. Devas).
48-50. With great velocity he whirled Gajasura. On seeing that the Daitya was sick with fatigue and that the life had slipped a little and that he was not enthusiastic to fight, he himself lost enthusiasm in the battle. Even as he (i.e. Gajasura) was being whirled, his terrible hide was scraped off. In spite of blood dripping from every part of it he made it his robe. Then Devas eulogized him in various ways by means of many hymns. ^
51-53. And they said to him: “He who kills him will die . On seeing the form of Kapalin covered by the elephant-hide, they were frightened and fled. They hit and they fell down thousands. Thus, when that leading Danava of great strength was shaken and tossed about, Nimi rushed quickly riding on an inebriated elephant with sounds raised by a hundred Dimdubhis. He agitated the armies of Suras.
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