Surabhi (Kamadhenu)

In Mahabharata Vol. 1 (Penguin Translated Texts), Vishvamitra's soldiers dragged Surabhi from place to place and struck her with sticks and lashes. Their attack increased her anger. Her eyes became red with rage, her bellows grew thunderous, and she turned towards the army that was trying to carry her away. Burning embers poured from her tail as she blazed like the midday sun. She attacked while the soldiers were still dragging and striking her, and the army faced the force her anger produced.

Surabhi then produced armed hosts from her own body. An army of pahlavas came from her tail, while shabaras and shakas emerged from her dung and yavanas from her urine. From her froth she produced further groups, including pundras, kiratas, dramidas, Simhalas, barbaras, daradas and mlecchas. The troops appeared before Vishvamitra's own eyes, dressed in different armour and carrying different weapons. Surabhi's ferocious hosts surrounded the soldiers, placing five or seven against each man. They poured a shower of weapons upon Vishvamitra's large army, and every single soldier dispersed and fled in panic. She swooned with anger.