sarva-deva-gana—by all the different demigods; upetah—joined; mahendrah—Mahendra, the King of heaven, Indra; gurum—his spiritual master; anvayat—followed; sura—of the demigods; asura—and of the demons; vinasah—causing destruction; abhut—there was; samarah—a fight; taraka-mayah—simply because of Tara, a woman, the wife of Brhaspati.