Indra leads the assembled gods in a final assault on Krishna and Arjuna

Then Shakra, the great lord of the thirty gods, was angered. Riding a white elephant, he charged at Krishna and Arjuna. Grasping lightning, he hurled his vajra weapon with great force and announced to the gods that the two had been killed. Seeing the king of the gods about to attack, the other gods grasped their own terrible weapons. King Yama took his kaladanda (staff of time), the god of wealth his shibika (club), Varuna his pasha (noose), Shiva his vichakra (discus). The two Ashvins took luminous oshadhi (herbs), Dhata his dhanu (bow), Jaya his musala (pestle). The immensely strong Tvashta took a mountain, Amsha his shakti (spear), and the god of death his parashva (battle-axe). Aryaman grasped a fearful parigha (iron bludgeon). Mitra stood with a chakra as sharp as a razor. Pusha, Bhaga, and Savita grabbed bows and swords. The Rudras, the powerful Maruts, the Vishvadevas, the Sadhyas, and many other gods, armed with diverse weapons, all advanced towards Krishna and Partha, desiring to kill them. The two Achyutas saw the angry Shakra and the assemblage of the other gods. Those fearless and invincible warriors stood with their bows ready. When they saw the gods advancing from every direction, they angrily repulsed them with arrows that were like the vajra. Repeatedly, the resolutions of the gods were shattered. In fear, they gave up the battle and sought refuge with Shakra. Seeing the gods repulsed, Shakra was also extremely pleased at witnessing their constant prowess. He engaged in fighting them once again. To test Savyasachi's valour, the chastiser of Paka cast down a gigantic shower of rocks. Intolerantly, Arjuna countered that shower. Seeing his act unsuccessful, Shatakratu increased the strength of his shower. But the son of the chastiser of Paka brought great pleasure to his father by destroying that shower of rocks with his swift arrows. Wishing to kill Pandu's son, Shakra then uprooted with his bare hands a giant peak of Mandara mountain, with all its trees, and flung it. Arjuna immediately splintered that peak into a thousand pieces with his swift, straight, fire-tipped arrows. The sight was like that of the sky breaking apart. Pieces of that giant mountain fell on the forest and killed many beings who lived in Khandava.