3. Vyála (Baal) with his stretching arms, was crushing the bodies of the gods; and Kata was harassing them in their unequal challenge with them.
4. The Daityas waged their battle with the rage of the mid-day sun, and put to flight the Airávata elephant of Indra—the leader of the gods.
5. The Devas dropped down with their bodies gored with wounds, and spouting with blood; and their armies fled on all sides, like the currents of a river overflowing and breaking down its bank.
6. Dáma, Vyála and Kata pursued the flying and run away gods, in the same manner as a raging fire runs after the wood for its fuel.
7. The Asuras sought and searched long after the gods in vain, for they had disappeared like the deer and lions, among the thickets after breaking loose of their snares.
8. Failing to find out the gods, the generals Dáma, Vyála and Kata, repaired with cheerful hearts to their chief in his abode in the infernal region.
9. The defeated gods after halting awhile, had then their recourse to the almighty Brahmá, in order to consult him on the means of gaining their victory over the demons.
10. Brahmá then appeared to the blood besmeared Devas with his purple countenance, as the bright and cooling moonbeams appear in the evening on the surface of the sea, tinged with the crimson hues of the setting sun.
11. They bowed down before him, and complained of the danger that was brought upon them by Sambara, through his generals Dáma, Vyála and Kata, whose doings they fully related to him.
12. The judging-Brahmá having heard and considered all this, delivered the following encouraging words to the host of gods before him.