In English
The mission starts
On the second day, , accompanied by and , proceeded to , which had earlier been sanctified by Lord , who was none other than born in the lineage of . After reaching the , said to , “Oh ! This is harassed by the demoness , who possesses the strength of a hundred elephants. You will have to kill her.” To this replied, “, I don’t wish to kill a female, since the scriptures forbid it.” replied, “Females should be killed if they commit atrocities. It is not sinful to kill a female who is a curse to the world.” then quoted the scriptures as saying, “It is not righteous on the part of anyone to kill the one who is frightened, one who is asleep, one who is intoxicated, one who has sought protection, and one who is a female.” answered this by saying, “Though the scriptures forbid the slaying of a woman, it is not sinful to kill a woman who has perpetrated crimes on mankind.” Still unconvinced, asked, “Was there anyone in the past who has killed women?” then replied, “ himself killed , the daughter of for she had inflicted great suffering on mankind. justified his act by asserting that deserved to die. killed the wife of sage , since she indulged in violence.” Hearing these accounts, decided to slay . realised that the noble and righteous women should not be touched but evil demons who committed atrocities must be killed. While they were deliberating thus, they heard deafening sounds emanating from . She rained stones on them. By discharging his arrows, stopped the volley of stones. She then began to rain blood and fire. encountered her bravely and repulsed her attack. Thereupon, assumed an ugly form and made deafening and frightening sounds. employed the technique of by which the discharged arrows reach the very source of sound and attack it. The demoness was thrown on the ground immediately. After some time and , the sons of launched an attack. Like , they also rained fire, blood and stones on . then used , which hurled to a distance of a hundred miles. then released the on , who collapsed on the ground then and there. followed this up by launching the on the followers of , who melted into thin air instantaneously. Eventually regained its original serenity and peace, and the inmates of the hermitage - sages, students, women, and children - were filled with unspeakable joy. The sages gathered in front of and extolled Him, “Oh ! You are verily the incarnation of Lord . You are the Omniscient, the Omnipotent, and the all-pervasive One. In Your youth itself, You have achieved what no one could achieve before."