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Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight with the Yakṣas
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vavṛṣuḥ —showered;  rudhira —of blood;  ogha —an inundation;  aṣṛk —mucus;  pūya —pus;  viṭ —stool;  mūtra —urine;  medasaḥ —and marrow;  nipetuḥ —began to fall;  gaganāt —from the sky;  asya —of Dhruva;  kabandhāni —trunks of bodies;  agrataḥ —in front;  anagha —O faultless Vidura.
TRANSLATION
My dear faultless Vidura, in that rainfall there was blood, mucus, pus, stool, urine and marrow falling heavily before Dhruva Mahārāja, and there were trunks of bodies falling from the sky.
TEXT 25
ततः खेऽदृश्यत गिरिनिपेतुः सर्वतोदिशम् । गदापरिघनिश्चिंशमुसलाः साश्मवर्षिणः ॥२५॥
tataḥ khe 'dṛśyata girir   nipetuḥ sarvato-diśam   gadā-parigha-nistrimśa-   musalāḥ sāśma-varṣiṇaḥ
tataḥ —thereafter;  khe —in the sky;  adṛśyata —was visible;  giriḥ —a mountain;  nipetuḥ —fell down;  sarvataḥ-diśam —from all directions;  gadā —clubs;  parigha —iron bludgeons;  nistrimśa —swords;  musalāḥ —maces;  sāśma —great pieces of stone;  varṣiṇaḥ —with a shower of.
TRANSLATION
Next, a great mountain was visible in the sky, and from all directions hailstones fell, along with lances, clubs, swords, iron bludgeons and great pieces of stone.
TEXT 26
अहयोऽशनिनिःश्वासा वमन्तोऽग्निं रुषाक्षिमिः । अभ्यधावन् गजा मत्ताः सिंहन्याघ्राश्च यूयशः ॥२६॥
ahayo 'śani-niḥśvāsā   vamanto 'gniṁ ruṣākṣibhiḥ   abhyadhāvan gajā mattāḥ   siṁha-vyāghrāś ca yūthaśaḥ