tataḥ - then; caṭa-caṭā-śabdaḥ - the clattering sound; vajra - of lightning; niṣpeṣa - the crash; sannibhaḥ - resembling; gadayoḥ - of their clubs; kṣiptayoḥ - being swung; rājan - O King (Parīkṣit); dantayoḥ - of the tusks; iva - as if; dantinoḥ - of elephants.

When Jarāsandha’s and Bhīmasena’s clubs loudly collided, O King, the sound was like the impact of the big tusks of two fighting elephants, or the crash of a thunderbolt in a flashing electrical storm.