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He produced swarms of mosquitoes and released them on Mahavira. They sucked his blood to their heart's content.
He produced sharp-mouthed white ants. They stuck to Mahavira's body and gave him severe bites which swelled his pore-holes.
He produced a vast army of scorpions who launched a simultaneous attack on Mahavira, and pinned his whole body with their stings.
He released many mongeese who cracked down on Mahavira with a terrific noise and tore off his flesh.
He released on him snakes with sharp teeth and a lot of venom. They gave bites to him again and again till they were exhausted when they fell aside.
He produced a horde of rats who gave sharp bites to his body and passed urine on it.
He produced an elephant with a very long trunk. The elephant coiled Mahavira with his trunk and hurled him in the sky again and again. As he was dropped to the ground, he was trampled by the elephant under his feet and struck with his sharp tusk.
He produced a she-elephant with a long trunk. She too coiled Mahavira in her trunk and hurled him in the sky again and again. As he was dropped to the ground, she trampled over him and wounded him severely with her tusk.
He appeared in the guise of a fierce-looking pisaca (spirit), and while giggling bitterly, he leapt on Mahavira with a dagger in his hand. He sank the dagger into his body with all the strength he could command.
Guised as a terrific tiger, he pierced Mahavira's body with his thunder-like sharp teeth and trident-like
claws.
Guised as Siddhartha and Trisala (Mahavira's parents), he uttered a heart-rending lament and said,
