16a. Thripuran
Bali conquered the earth in no time. The kings had heard of Bali’s strength and his boons. They surrendered unconditionally. Bali went to paataal. There was hardly and resistance and he conquered paataal. His next target was swargga.
All the asuras chose him as their king unanimously. He sent messengers to sawrgga. “If you surrender unconditionally, there will be no damage to life and property. If you choose to resist ans fight, Bali will overcome you in no time”
Indra became very angry and replied,” I will never surrender to Bali. If you want a war, than you will have it. Get your army ready for the battle”
Bali was beside himself with anger at the failure of the mission of the messengers. Both the sura and asura got ready for the war. Elephants fought with elephants. Horses were trotting around all the time.
The heads severed by the arrows flew in the air like balls. The din and the clash of the weapons shook the earth.