te vai gade bhuja-javena nipātyamāne

anyonyato 'ḿsa-kaṭi-pāda-karoru-jatrum

cūrṇī-babhūvatur upetya yathārka-śākhe

saḿyudhyator dviradayor iva dīpta-manvyoḥ

te -- they; vai -- indeed; gade -- the two clubs; bhuja -- of their arms; javena -- by the rapid force; nipatyamane -- being powerfully swung; anyonyatah -- against one another; amsa -- their shoulders; kati -- hips; pada -- feet; kara -- hands; uru -- thighs; jatrum -- and collarbones; curni -- crushed; babhuvatuh -- became; upetya -- contacting; yatha -- as; arka-sakhe -- two branches of arka trees; samyudhyatoh -- fighting vigorously; dviradayoh -- of a pair of elephants; iva -- as; dipta -- inflamed; manvyoh -- whose anger.


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They swung their clubs at each other with such speed and force that as the clubs struck their shoulders, hips, feet, hands, thighs and collarbones, the weapons were crushed and broken like branches of arka trees with which two enraged elephants furiously attack each other.

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