Shloka 24
Kailāsa-darśana, Badarī-vāsa, and Sarasvatī–Dvaitavana Transition (कैलासदर्शन–बदरीवास–सरस्वतीद्वैतवनगमनम्)
इस प्रकार मूढ़चित्त हो आपसमें ही एक-दूसरेपर धावा करनेवाले उन दानवोंके सौ-सौ मस्तकोंको मैं अपने प्रज्वलित बाणोंद्वारा काट-काटकर गिराने लगा ।। ते वध्यमाना दैतेया: पुरमास्थाय तत् पुनः खमुत्पेतु: सनगरा मायामास्थाय दानवीम्,वे दैत्य जब इस प्रकार मारे जाने लगे, तब पुनः अपने उस नगरमें ही घुस गये और दानवी मायाका सहारा ले नगर सहित आकाशमें ऊँचे उड़ गये
arjuna uvāca |
iti prakāraṁ mūḍha-cittāḥ parasparaṁ eva anyonyaṁ prati dhāvaṁ kurvāṇān tān dānavānāṁ śataśaḥ mastakāni ahaṁ sva-prajvalitaiḥ bāṇaiḥ chittvā chittvā pātayituṁ prārebhe ||
te vadhyamānā daiteyāḥ puraṁ āsthāya tat punaḥ khaṁ utpetuḥ sa-nagarāḥ dānavīṁ māyām āsthāya ||
Arjuna said: Seeing those Dānava warriors, their minds deluded, rushing at one another in mutual assault, I began to cut down and cast to the ground their heads by the hundreds with my blazing arrows. But as the Daiteyas were thus being slain, they withdrew again into their city; then, resorting to demonic illusion, they rose up into the sky together with the entire city.
अजुन उवाच