ittham -- in this manner; tayoh -- their; prahatayoh -- being ruined; gadayoh -- the clubs; nr -- among human beings; virau -- the two great heroes; kruddhau -- angry; sva -- their own; mushtibhih -- with the fists; ayah -- like iron; sparasaih -- whose touch; apishtam -- they battered; sabdah -- the sound; tayoh -- of them; praharatoh -- striking; ibhayoh -- of two elephants; iva -- as; asit -- became; nirghata -- crashing; vajra -- like thunder; parushah -- harsh; tala -- of their palms; tadana -- by the hitting; utthah -- 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.