ittham - in this manner; tayoḥ - their; prahatayoḥ - being ruined; gadayoḥ - the clubs; nr - among human beings; vīrau - the two great heroes; kruddhau - angry; sva - their own; muṣṭibhiḥ - with the fists; ayaḥ - like iron; sparaśaiḥ - whose touch; apiṣṭām - they battered; śabdaḥ - the sound; tayoḥ - of them; praharatoḥ - striking; ibhayoḥ - of two elephants; iva - as; āsīt - became; nirghāta - crashing; vajra - like thunder; paruṣaḥ - harsh; tala - of their palms; tāḍana - by the hitting; utthaḥ - raised.

Their clubs thus ruined, those great heroes among men angrily pummeled each other with their iron-hard fists. As they slapped each other, the sound resembled the crash of elephants colliding or harsh thunderclaps.