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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.10.46
tato nipetus taravo
dahyamānā davāgninā
śilāḥ saṭańka-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-ṭańka-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.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness