The ocean of story, being C.H. Tawney's translation of Somadeva's ...

184 THE OCEAN OF STORY
of Pasupati blazing in front of him, were immediately terrified,
and fled.
Then the Daityas were terrified and tried to escape, but
the hero Muktaphaladhvaja perceived their intention, and
immediately constructed above them, on all sides of them,
an impenetrable net of arrows, like a cage of adamant.
And while the Danavas were circling within this, like birds,
Muktaphaladhvaja, with the help of his father and brother,
smote them with sharp arrows. And the several hands,
feet, bodies and heads of those Daityas fell on the ground,
and streams of blood 1 flowed. Then the gods exclaimed
"
Bravo !
" and followed up
their acclamation with a rain of
flowers, and Muktaphaladhvaja used the bewildering weapon
against those enemies. That made the Asuras and their king
fall senseless on the earth, and then by means of the weapon
of Varuna the prince bound them all with nooses.
Then the hermit Tapodhana said to King Merudhvaja :
"
You must by no means kill those Asura warriors that have
escaped the slaughter ; but you must win them over, and win
Rasatala with them. As for this king of the Daityas, and
his son, and his ministers, you must take them with the
great Asuras, and the malignant Nagas, and the principal
Rakshasas, and imprison them in the cave of Svetasaila in
Devasabha." 2 When the hermit had said this to Merudhvaja
"
he said to the Daitya warriors : Do not be afraid ! We
must not slay you, but you must henceforth be subject to the
sway of this Muktaphaladhvaja and his brother." When the
king said this to the Danavas, they joyfully consented to his
proposal. Then the king had Trailokyamalin, the sovereign
of the Daityas, with his son and the others, conveyed to
Svetasaila. And he placed them in confinement in that cave,
and had them guarded by his principal minister, who was
backed by a force of many brave warriors.
Then, the battle having come to an end, and the gods,
who were present in their chariots, having departed, after
showering manddra flowers, a universal rejoicing took place
1 We should probably read asranimnagah, with two India Office MSS.
No. 3003 has asrunimnagah.
2 The three India Office MSS. give Devasabhasanne " near Devasabha."