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The Kirata also blazing splendour, let fly an arrow like flaming fire and resembling the thunderbolt at the same object. And the arrows thus shot by both fell at the same instant of time upon the wide body of Muka, hard as adamant.
Jishnu that slayer of foes then beheld before him that person, of form blazing as god, and attired in the dress of a Kirata and accompanied by many women.
Jishnu that slayer of foes then beheld before him that person, of form blazing as god, and attired in the dress of a Kirata and accompanied by many women.
Therefore, O mountaineer, I will take thy life. Thus addressed by the son of Pandu, the Kirata, smiling, replied unto his capable of wielding the bow with his left hand, in soft words, saying, 'O hero, thou needst not be anxious on my account. This forest land is proper abode for us who always dwell in the woods.
Proud of thy strength, it behoveth thee not to impute thy own fault to others. Thou art thyself in fault, O wretch, and, therefore, shalt not escape from me with life. Stay thou: I will shoot at thee shafts like thunderbolts. Strive thou also and shoot, to the best of thy power, thy arrows at me. Hearing these words of the Kirata, Arjuna became angry, and attacked him with arrows.
And Arjuna rained a perfect shower of arrows on the Kirata. Sankara, however, bore that downpour on him with a cheerful heart. But the wielder of the Pinaka, having borne that shower of arrows for a moment, stood unwounded, immovable like a hill. Dhananjaya, beholding his arrowy shower become futile, wondered exceedingly, repeatedly saying, 'Excellent! Excellent!
Kâmapâla, son of Dharmapâla, minister and son-in-law of the King of Benâres. Kanakalekha, daughter of the King of Kalinga, wife of Mantragupta. Kandukavati, the princess who performed the ball-dance. Kantaka, the gaoler killed by Upahâravarma. Kantimati, the wife of Kâmapâla, mother of Arthapâla. Kirâta, a savage, forester, Bheel. Kosadâsa, lover of Chandrasena.
Proud of thy strength, it behoveth thee not to impute thy own fault to others. Thou art thyself in fault, O wretch, and, therefore, shalt not escape from me with life. Stay thou: I will shoot at thee shafts like thunderbolts. Strive thou also and shoot, to the best of thy power, thy arrows at me. Hearing these words of the Kirata, Arjuna became angry, and attacked him with arrows.
The mighty Jishnu clasping the Kirata began to press him with his breast, but the Kirata, possessed of great strength pressed the insensible son of Pandu with force. And in consequence of the pressure of their arms and of their breasts, their bodies began to emit smoke like charcoal in fire.
Thou hast seen how this monster this terrible Rakshasa that came hither in the form of an animal, hath been slain by me. The Kirata replied, 'This Rakshasa, first struck with the shot from my bow, was killed and sent to the regions of Yama by me. He was first aimed at by me. And it is with my shot that he has been deprived of life.
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