Text 24] Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura
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TEXT 23
शूलैः परश्वधैः खड्गैः शतघ्नोभिर्भुण्डिभिः । सर्वतोऽवाकिरन् शस्त्रैरस्त्रैश्च विबुधर्षमान् ॥२३॥
śūlaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ khadgaiḥ śataghnibhir bhuśuṇḍibhiḥ sarvato 'vākiran śastrair astraiś ca vibudharṣabhān
śūlaiḥ—by spears; paraśvadhaiḥ—by axes; khadgaiḥ—by swords; śataghnibhiḥ—by śataghnīs; bhuśuṇḍibhiḥ—by bhuśuṇḍis; sarvataḥ—all around; avākiran—scattered; śastraiḥ—with weapons; astraiḥ—with arrows; ca—and; vibudha-ṛṣabhān—the chiefs of the demigods.
TRANSLATION
Armed with lances, tridents, axes, swords and other weapons like śataghnīs and bhuśuṇḍis, the demons attacked from different directions and scattered all the chiefs of the demigod armies.
TEXT 24
न तेऽदृश्यन्त संछन्नाः शरजालैः समन्ततः । पुङ्क्षानुपुङ्क्षपतितैज्योतींषीव नभोधनैः ॥२४॥
na te 'dṛśyanta sañchannāḥ śara-jālaiḥ samantataḥ puṅkhānupuṅkha-patitair jyotīṁṣīva nabho-ghanaiḥ
na—not; te—they (the demigods); adṛśyanta—were seen; sañchannāḥ—being completely covered; śara-jālaiḥ—by networks of arrows; samantataḥ—all around; puṅkha-anupuṅkha—one arrow after another; patitaiḥ—falling; jyotīṁṣī iva—like the stars in the sky; nabhaḥ-ghanaiḥ—by the dense clouds.