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SB 8.10.46

Devanāgarī

ततो निपेतुस्तरवो दह्यमाना दवाग्निना । शिला: सटङ्कशिखराश्चूर्णयन्त्यो द्विषद्बलम् ॥ ४६ ॥

Text

tato nipetus taravo dahyamānā davāgninā śilāḥ saṭaṅka-śikharāś cūrṇayantyo dviṣad-balam

Synonyms

tataḥ—from that great mountain;nipetuḥ—began to fall;taravaḥ—large trees;dahyamānāḥ—blazing in fire;dava-agninā—by the forest fire;śilāḥ—and stones;sa-ṭaṅka-śikharāḥ—having edges with points as sharp as stone picks;cūrṇayantyaḥ—smashing;dviṣat-balam—the strength of the enemies.

Translation

From that mountain fell trees blazing in a forest fire. Chips of stone, with sharp edges like picks, also fell and smashed the heads of the demigod soldiers.

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