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SB 8.10.35

Devanāgarī

त एवमाजावसुरा: सुरेन्द्रा द्वन्द्वेन संहत्य च युध्यमाना: । अन्योन्यमासाद्य निजघ्नुरोजसा जिगीषवस्तीक्ष्णशरासितोमरै: ॥ ३५ ॥

Text

ta evam ājāv asurāḥ surendrā dvandvena saṁhatya ca yudhyamānāḥ anyonyam āsādya nijaghnur ojasā jigīṣavas tīkṣṇa-śarāsi-tomaraiḥ

Synonyms

te—all of them;evam—in this way;ājau—on the battlefield;asurāḥ—the demons;sura-indrāḥ—and the demigods;dvandvena—two by two;saṁhatya—mixing together;ca—and;yudhyamānāḥ—engaged in fighting;anyonyam—with one another;āsādya—approaching;nijaghnuḥ—slashed with weapons and killed;ojasā—with great strength;jigīṣavaḥ—everyone desiring victory;tīkṣṇa—sharp;śara—with arrows;asi—with swords;tomaraiḥ—with lances.

Translation

All of these demigods and demons assembled on the battlefield with a fighting spirit and attacked one another with great strength. All of them desiring victory, they fought in pairs, hitting one another severely with sharpened arrows, swords and lances.

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