Verse 18

¹³Seeing his friend fallen, Jambha, Bali's comrade and well-wisher, came on, keeping faith with a friend even when the friend was struck down. ¹⁴Riding his lion, he came up, raised his mace and with great force struck Sakra at the collarbone, and the elephant as well; he was very strong. ¹⁵The elephant, hurt by that stroke of the mace and badly shaken, touched the earth with its knees and went into a deep faint. ¹⁶Then Matali brought up the chariot with its thousand horses, and the mighty one left the elephant and mounted the chariot. ¹⁷The best of the Danavas, honouring that piece of work of the driver's, struck him in the fight with a blazing spear, and smiled as he did it.

¹⁸Matali took hold of his own courage and bore a pain very hard to bear; and Indra in his anger took off Jambha's head with the bolt.