Has brought me here and made me thine;

And I, howe'er the tyrant boast,

Will tame his pride and slay his host.”

Then cried the glorious sage: “Create

A mighty force the foe to mate.”

She lowed, and quickened into life,

Pahlavas,[226] burning for the strife,

King Viśvámitra's army slew

Before the very leader's view.

The monarch in excessive ire,