Text 45] The Battle Between the Demigods and Demons
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tataḥ śūlam tataḥ prāsam tatas tomaram ṛṣṭayaḥ yad yac chastram samādadyāt sarvam tad acchinad vibhuḥ
tataḥ—thereafter; śūlam—lance; tataḥ—thereafter; prāsam—the prāsa weapon; tataḥ—thereafter; tomaram—the tomara weapon; ṛṣṭayaḥ—the ṛṣṭi weapons; yat yat—whatever and whichever; śastram—weapon; samādadyāt—Bali Mahārāja tried to use; sarvam—all of them; tat—those same weapons; acchinat—cut to pieces; vibhuḥ—the great Indra.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, one by one, Bali Mahārāja used a lance, prāsa, tomara, ṛṣṭis and other weapons, but whatever weapons he took up, Indra immediately cut them to pieces.
TEXT 45
ससर्जाथासुरीं मायामन्तर्धानगतोऽसुरः । ततः प्रादुरभूच्छैलः सुरानीकोपरि प्रभो ॥४५॥
sasarjāthāsurīm māyām antardhāna-gato 'suraḥ tataḥ prādurabhūc chailaḥ surānīkopari prabho
sasarja—released; atha—now; āsurīm—demoniac; māyām—illusion; antardhāna—out of vision; gataḥ—having gone; asuraḥ—Bali Mahārāja; tataḥ—thereafter; prādurabhūt—there appeared; śailaḥ—a big mountain; sura-anīka-upari—above the heads of the soldiers of the demigods; prabho—O my lord.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, Bali Mahārāja then disappeared and resorted to demoniac illusions. A giant mountain, generated from illusion, then appeared above the heads of the demigod soldiers.