विशेषयन्ताव् अन्योन्यं मायाभिर् अतिमायिनौ ॥
युयुधाते महावीर्याव् इन्द्रवैरोचनाव् इव ॥
पावकाम्बुनिधी भूत्वा पुनर् गरुडतक्षकौ ॥
पुनर् मेघमहावातौ पुनर् वज्रमहाचलौ ॥
पुनः कुञ्जरशार्दूलौ पुनः स्वर्भानुभास्करौ ॥
एवं मायाशतसृजाव् अन्योन्यवधकाङ्क्षिणौ ॥
भृशं चित्रम् अयुध्येताम् अलंबलघटोत्कचौ ॥
परिघैश् च गदाभिश् च प्रासमुद्गरपट्टिशैः ॥
मुसलैः पर्वताग्रैश् च ताव् अन्योन्यं निजघ्नतुः ॥
viśeṣayantāv anyonyaṃ māyābhir atimāyinau ||
yuyudhāte mahāvīryāv indravairocanāv iva ||
pāvakāmbunidhī bhūtvā punar garuḍatakṣakau ||
punar meghamahāvātau punar vajramahācalau ||
punaḥ kuñjaraśārdūlau punaḥ svarbhānubhāskarau ||
evaṃ māyāśatasṛjāv anyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇau ||
bhṛśaṃ citram ayudhyetām alaṃbalaghaṭotkacau ||
parighaiś ca gadābhiś ca prāsamudgarapaṭṭiśaiḥ ||
musalaiḥ parvatāgraiś ca tāv anyonyaṃ nijaghnatuḥ ||
Between those two a battle broke out, bellowing, vast-bodied -- of Ghatotkacha and Alambala -- tumultuous, hair-raising. Surpassing one another with magic, most skilled in enchantments, they fought, the mighty ones, like Indra and Vairochana [Bali]. Becoming fire and ocean, again as Garuda and Takshaka, again as cloud and great wind, again as vajra and great mountain, again as elephant and tiger, again as Rahu and sun; thus, creating hundreds of enchantments, longing to kill one another...
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The duel of the rakshasas unfolds as a sequence of transformations: fire and water, Garuda and serpent, vajra and mountain, Rahu and sun -- each form seeks what overcomes the other. It is telling that the struggle is waged not by brute strength but by the mutual overcoming of elements. The verse teaches that in every pair there is one that overcomes and one that is overcome -- water quenches fire, a mountain withstands the thunderbolt; and the wisdom of battle is the skill to become the very force before which the opponent is powerless.