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20. Not even Parasurāma, Rāma, Bhīma or
Arjuna provided such entertainment as the king did
to that sage (Nārada) who always loved the sight of
good battle.
Slōkās 21 to 40: Kampaṇa met the Sultan in a duel and
killed him. The conquest of Madhurai was accomplished.
21. Then seeing all his Turuṣka forces routed in
battle, the Yavana king, stringing his fearful bow, met
the king Kampa in single combat even as Vritra did
the king of the gods.
22. The warriors regarded him as the embodi-
ment of both anger and intoxication, his eyes red with
the drink of vīra-pāna, and knitted brows on his fore-
head fearful to look at.
23. His jewelled tuft in a line of unbroken bril-
liance as he rode on his fast horse looked like the wreath
of his smoking anger which was about to blaze.
24. The sound produced by his forceful stringing
of the bow seemed as if it were emanating from the
anklets of the Goddess of Victory, who, after having
deserted him so long, was now returning to him in haste.
25. The brave king Kampa delighted in his hav-
ing an opponent like the Suratrāna (Sultan) who had
by his valour reduced the Cōlas and Pāndyas and
despoiled the wealth of Vīra Ballāla (the Third).
26. The two proud opponents fought in a manner
befitting the respective might of their arms, by shower-
Arjuna provided such entertainment as the king did
to that sage (Nārada) who always loved the sight of
good battle.
Slōkās 21 to 40: Kampaṇa met the Sultan in a duel and
killed him. The conquest of Madhurai was accomplished.
21. Then seeing all his Turuṣka forces routed in
battle, the Yavana king, stringing his fearful bow, met
the king Kampa in single combat even as Vritra did
the king of the gods.
22. The warriors regarded him as the embodi-
ment of both anger and intoxication, his eyes red with
the drink of vīra-pāna, and knitted brows on his fore-
head fearful to look at.
23. His jewelled tuft in a line of unbroken bril-
liance as he rode on his fast horse looked like the wreath
of his smoking anger which was about to blaze.
24. The sound produced by his forceful stringing
of the bow seemed as if it were emanating from the
anklets of the Goddess of Victory, who, after having
deserted him so long, was now returning to him in haste.
25. The brave king Kampa delighted in his hav-
ing an opponent like the Suratrāna (Sultan) who had
by his valour reduced the Cōlas and Pāndyas and
despoiled the wealth of Vīra Ballāla (the Third).
26. The two proud opponents fought in a manner
befitting the respective might of their arms, by shower-