Text 27] Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura
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giri —of mountains;  śṛṅga —with the peaks;  druma —with trees;  upalaiḥ —and with stones;  abhyavarṣan —showered;  sura-balam —the soldiers of the demigods;  cicchiduḥ —broke to pieces;  tān —them;  ca —and;  pūrva-vat —as before.
TRANSLATION
As their weapons and mantras decreased, the demons began showering mountain peaks, trees and stones upon the demigod soldiers, but the demigods were so powerful and expert that they nullified all these weapons by breaking them to pieces in the sky as before.
TEXT 27
तानक्षतान् स्वस्तिमतो निशाम्य
शस्त्रास्त्रपूर्गैरथ वृत्रनाथाः ।
द्रुमैर्घ्यद्भिर्विविधाद्रिमृद्गै-
रविक्षतांस्तत्रसुरिन्द्रसैनिकान् ॥२७॥
tān akṣatān svastimato niśāmya
śastrāstra-pūgair atha vṛtra-nāthāḥ
drumair dṛṣadbhir vividhādri-śṛṅgair
avikṣatāṁs tatrasur indra-sainikān
tān —them (the soldiers of the demigods);  akṣatān —not injured;  svasti-mataḥ —being very healthy;  niśāmya —seeing;  śastra-astra-pūgaiḥ —by the bunches of weapons and mantras;  atha —thereupon;  vṛtra-nāthāḥ —the soldiers led by Vṛtrāsura;  drumaiḥ —by the trees;  dṛṣadbhiḥ —by the stones;  vividha —various;  adri —of mountains;  śṛṅgaiḥ —by the peaks;  avikṣatān —not injured;  tatrasuḥ —became afraid;  indra-sainikān —the soldiers of King Indra.
TRANSLATION
When the soldiers of the demons, commanded by Vṛtrāsura, saw that the soldiers of King Indra were quite well, having not been injured at all by their volleys of weapons, not even by the trees, stones and mountain peaks, the demons were very much afraid.