आसीत्तदष्टाविंशाहमितरेतरमुष्टिभि: । वज्रनिष्पेषपरुषैरविश्रममहर्निशम् ॥ २४ ॥
āsīt tad aṣṭā-vimśāham itaretara-muṣṭibhiḥ vajra-niṣpeṣa-paruṣair aviśramam ahar-niśam
- āsīt
- was
- tat
- that
- aṣṭā-viṁśa
- twenty-eight
- aham
- days
- itara-itara
- with one another’s
- muṣṭibhiḥ
- fists
- vajra
- of lightning
- niṣpeṣa
- like the blows
- paruṣaiḥ
- hard
- aviśramam
- without pause
- ahaḥ-niśam
- day and night
The fight went on without rest for twenty-eight days, the two opponents striking each other with their fists, which fell like the cracking blows of lightning.