Text 49] The Battle Between the Demigods and Demons
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TRANSLATION
Scorpions, large snakes and many other poisonous animals, as well as lions, tigers, boars and great elephants, all began falling upon the demigod soldiers, crushing everything.
TEXT 48
यातुधान्यश्च शतशः शूलहस्ता विवाससः ।
छिन्धि भिन्धीति वादिन्यस्तथा रक्षोगणाः प्रभो ॥ ४८ ॥
yātudhānyaś ca śataśaḥ śūla-hastā vivāsasaḥ chindhi bhindhīti vādinyas tathā rakṣo-gaṇāḥ prabho
yātudhānyaḥ—carnivorous female demons; ca—and; śataśaḥ—hundreds upon hundreds; śūla-hastāḥ—every one of them with a trident in hand; vivāsasaḥ—completely naked; chindhi—cut to pieces; bhindhi—pierce; iti—thus; vādinyaḥ—talking; tathā—in that way; rakṣaḥ-gaṇāḥ—a band of Rākṣasas (a type of demon); prabho—O my King.
TRANSLATION
O my King, many hundreds of male and female carnivorous demons, completely naked and carrying tridents in their hands, then appeared, crying the slogans “Cut them to pieces! Pierce them!”
TEXT 49
ततो महाधना व्योम्नि गम्भीरपरुषस्वनाः ।
अङ्गारान्मुमुचुर्वातैराहताः स्तनयित्वः ॥४९॥
tato mahā-ghanā vyomni gambhīra-paruṣa-svanāḥ aṅgārān mumucur vātair āhatāḥ stanayitnavaḥ