Text 24] Battle Between the Demigods and Vrtrasura 179

TEXT 23

Te: Waa: GE: Tafierapsht: |
aadisafary Taras Frater All

Stilaih parasvadhaih khadgaih
Sataghnibhir bhusundibhih

sarvato "vakiran Sastrair
astrais ca vibudharsabhan

Stilaih—by spears; parasvadhaih—by axes; khadgaih—by swords:
Sataghnibhih—by sataghnis; bhusundibhih—by bhusundis; sarvatah—
all around; avakiran—scattered; Sastraih—with weapons: astraih—with
arrows; ca—and; vibudha-rsabhan—the chiefs of the demigods.

TRANSLATION

Armed with lances, tridents, axes, swords and other weapons
like Sataghnis and bhusundis, the demons attacked from different
directions and scattered all the chiefs of the demigod armies.

TEXT 24
aq asesaed ASA: ALAS: aAKTa: |

Gelayettasatdita =| tala: Wel

na te ‘drsyanta safichannah
Sara-jalaih samantatah

punkhadnupunkha-patitair
jyotimsiva nabho-ghanaih

na—not; te—they (the demigods) ; adrsyanta—were _ seen:
sarichannah—being completely covered; sara-jalaih—by networks of
arrows; samantatah—all around; purkha-anupunkha—one arrow after
another; patitaih—falling; jyotimsi iva—like the stars in the sky:
nabhah-ghanaih—by the dense clouds.
