SB 8.2.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

नियुध्यतोरेवमिभेन्द्रनक्रयोर् विकर्षतोरन्तरतो बहिर्मिथः ।
समाः सहस्रं व्यगमन्महीपते सप्राणयोश्चित्रममंसतामराः ॥ २९ ॥

niyudhyator evam ibhendra-nakrayor

vikarsator antarato bahir mithaḥ

samaḥ sahasram vyagaman mahi-pate

sapranayos citram amamsatamaraḥ

niyudhyatoḥ-fighting; evam-in this way; ibha-indra-of the elephant; nakrayoḥ-and the crocodile; vikarsatoḥ-pulling; antarataḥ-in the water; bahiḥ-outside the water; mithaḥ-one another; samaḥ-years; sahasram-one thousand; vyagaman-passed; mahi-pate-O King; sa-pranayoḥ-both alive; citram-wonderful; amamsata-considered; amaraḥ-the demigods.

TRANSLATION

O King, the elephant and the crocodile fought in this way, pulling one another in and out of the water, for one thousand years. Upon seeing the fight, the demigods were very surprised.

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