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ŚB 8.10.46

Devanagari

ततो निपेतुस्तरवो दह्यमाना दवाग्निना ।
शिला: सटङ्कशिखराश्चूर्णयन्त्यो द्विषद्बलम् ॥ ४६ ॥

Text

tato nipetus taravo
dahyamānā davāgninā
śilāḥ saṭaṅka-śikharāś
cūrṇayantyo dviṣad-balam

Synonyms

tataḥ — from that great mountain; nipetuḥ — began to fall; taravaḥ — large trees; dahyamānāḥ — blazing in fire; dava-agninā — by the forest fire; śilāḥ — and stones; sa-ṭaṅka-śikharāḥ — having edges with points as sharp as stone picks; cūrṇayantyaḥ — smashing; dviṣat-balam — the strength of the enemies.

Translation

From that mountain fell trees blazing in a forest fire. Chips of stone, with sharp edges like picks, also fell and smashed the heads of the demigod soldiers.