Madhurāvijayam of Gaṅgādevī /129

MADHURAVIJAYAM
 
64. Others, feigning death, dropped down; but

fearing the presence of jackals, they at once rose up

and started running pell-mell, affording no small mirth

to the Karnāta forces.
 
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65. Yet others, mistaking a mirage for water

(river) made futile attempts to cross it with a boat

improvised out of the shields which they had forgotten

to abandon (in their flight).
 

 
66. There were still others who in their flight

mistook their own shadows for the pursuing enemy in

the extremity of their fright and began to prostrate

before them, biting their fingers.
 

 
Slōkās 67 to 83: The batlte on Rājagambīrānmalai. The

defeat and destruction of the Sambuvaraāya by Kampana.
 
ṇa.
 
67. King Kampanṇa, then converted the Tamil

king's town into an encampment for his own forces,

and from there began to lay seige to the hill fortress

named Rājagambhīra (Rājagambiīrammalai) in which

the enemy had sought asylum.
 

 
68. The sound of his war-drums raised echoes

from every cave of the hill and it looked as if the hill

itself had begun to yell out in fright.
 

 
69. With flags flying in the direction of high

winds, the hill (fort) gave the impression that it was

greeting king (Kampanṇa) and welcoming him with

its arms (the flags) to come to its top.
 

 
70. Again, fierce fighting commenced between the

two sides, and the weapons falling down and shooting

up, lit up both earth and sky by their resplendance.