Sri Caitanya Caritamrita. Antya-lila

Chapter 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea. Text 87

prathame yuddha 'jalÄjali', tabe yuddha 'karÄkari',
tÄra pÄche yuddha 'mukhÄmukhi'
tabe yuddha 'há¹›dÄhá¹›di', tabe haila 'radÄradi',
tabe haila yuddha 'nakhÄnakhi'

 prathame - in the beginning; yuddha - the fight; jalÄjali - throwing water upon one another; tabe - thereafter; yuddha - the fight; karÄkari - hand to hand; tÄra pÄche - after that; yuddha - the fight; mukhÄmukhi - face to face; tabe - thereafter; yuddha - the fight; há¹›dÄhá¹›di - chest to chest; tabe - thereafter; haila - was; radÄradi - teeth to teeth; tabe - thereafter; haila - there was; yuddha - the fight; nakhÄnakhi - nail to nail.


Text

“As the fight began, they splashed water on one another. Then they fought hand to hand, then face to face, then chest to chest, teeth to teeth and finally nail to nail.

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