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Mathana
53-54. Garuda too came there quickly. Hari climbed on to
its back. In that tumultuous battle he said to Garuda: “O
Tarksya, if you are not tired, proceed towards Mathana. If you
are tired go away from the battlefield for a short while.”
Tarksya said:
55-59. O Lord of the worlds, I am not at all fatigued because
I remember (with regret) something, viz. the fact that Taraka
has made my sons his vehicle.
Saying this he went towards Daitya Mathana.
On seeing the Lord holding the conch, discus and the iron
club, face to face, he struck him on his chest with a Bhiiidipala
(i.e. a small javelin hurled from a sling) that had very sharp edges.
Without minding that blow at all in the course of that great
battle, Visnu struck him with five arrows that could pierce
through even lordly mountains.
On being hit in the chest with ten arrows drawn as far as the
ear he swooned. But Mathana regained consciousness within a
short while. He took up a Parigha (‘iron bar’) and .hit Janardana
on his head.
60. On account of that blow Visnu reeled a bit. There¬
upon, rolling his eyes in anger, Madhava seized the iron club.
61. With that he hit Mathana forcefully on the chest. With
his limbs shattered to pieces, he fell on the ground and died.
62. When Mathana fell on the ground after being utterly
thrashed, all those Daityas became utterly tired, exhausted and
dejected on the battlefield.
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