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SB 8.10.27

Devanāgarī

तेऽन्योन्यमभिसंसृत्य क्षिपन्तो मर्मभिर्मिथ: । आह्वयन्तो विशन्तोऽग्रे युयुधुर्द्वन्द्वयोधिन: ॥ २७ ॥

Text

te ’nyonyam abhisaṁsṛtya kṣipanto marmabhir mithaḥ āhvayanto viśanto ’gre yuyudhur dvandva-yodhinaḥ

Synonyms

te—all of them (the demigods and the demons);anyonyam—one another;abhisaṁsṛtya—having come forward face to face;kṣipantaḥ—chastising one another;marmabhiḥmithaḥ—with much pain to the cores of the hearts of one another;āhvayantaḥ—addressing one another;viśantaḥ—having entered the battlefield;agre—in front;yuyudhuḥ—fought;dvandva-yodhinaḥ—two combatants chose each other.

Translation

The demigods and demons came before each other and reproached one another with words piercing to the heart. Then they drew near and began fighting face to face in pairs.

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