9. The sákas or Scythians being unable to endure the impulse, of the black iron arrows for a moment fled to all directions; and the Rumatha people were blown away and broken down, like the lotus bed by the blowing winds.
10. The routed enemy flying to the Mahendra mountain, covered its three peaks with their armours of black mail, and made them appear as mantled by the sable clouds of the rainy weather.
11. The legions of these hostile forces, being broken down by the arms of the king, like the large mines of gold, were first plundered of their raiments by the highway robbers, and then killed and devoured by the nocturnal cannibals and hobgoblins of the desert.
12. The surface of the land was converted to the face of the sky; by the broken fragments of weapons glistering on like the stars of heaven twinkling in myriads above.
13. The caverns of the earth, resounding to the noise of the clouds above, appeared as a grand orchestra, sounding the victory of the king both in earth and heaven.
14. The peoples inhabiting the islands, lost their lives under the whirling disks; as those dwelling in the watery marshes perish on dried lands for want of rain.
15. The vanquished islanders fled to the Sahya mountains, and having halted there for a week, departed slowly to the respective places.
16. Many took shelter in the Gandhamádana mountains, while multitudes of them resorted to the Punnága forests; and the retreating Gandharvas became refugees in the sanctuaries of the Vidyádhara maidens.
17. The Huns, Chins and Kirátas, had their heads struck off by the flying discuses of the king; and these were blown away by the opposite winds, like lotus flowers by the blast.
18. The Nilipa people, remained as firm as trees in a forest, and as fixed in their places as thorns on stalks and brambles.