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Chapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and the Demons

Verse 46 of 43
SB 8.10.46

ततो निपेतुस्तरवो दह्यमाना दवाग्निना शिलाः सटंकशिखराश्चूर्णयन्त्यो द्विषद्बलम्

tato nipetus taravo dahyamānā davāgninā śilāḥ saṭaṅka-śikharāś cūrṇayantyo dviṣad-balam

Synonyms

tataḥ—from that great mountain; nipetuḥ—began to fall; taravaḥ—large trees; dahyamānāḥ—blazing in fire; dava-agninā—by the forest fire; śilāḥ—and stones; sa-ṭaṅka-śikharāḥ—having edges with points as sharp as stone picks; cūrṇayantyaḥ—smashing; dviṣat-balam—the strength of the enemies..

Translation

From that mountain fell trees blazing in a forest fire. Chips of stone, with sharp edges like picks, also fell and smashed the heads of the demigod soldiers.

Verse 46 of 43