अष्टादशमसङ्ग्राम आगामिनि तदन्तरा । नारदप्रेषितो वीरो यवन: प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥ ४३ ॥
aṣṭādaśama saṅgrāma āgāmini tad-antarā nārada-preṣito vīro yavanaḥ pratyadṛśyata
- aṣṭā-daśama
- the eighteenth
- saṅgrāme
- battle
- āgāmini
- being about to happen
- tat-antarā
- at that instant
- nārada
- by the sage Nārada
- preṣitaḥ
- sent
- vīraḥ
- a fighter
- yavanaḥ
- a barbarian (named Kālayavana)
- pratyadṛśyata
- appeared
Just as the eighteenth battle was about to take place, a barbarian warrior named Kālayavana, sent by Nārada, appeared on the battlefield.