अथ नारायण: देव: तं दृष्ट्वा व्यसृजज्ज्वरम् । माहेश्वरो वैष्णवश्च युयुधाते ज्वरावुभौ ॥ २३ ॥
atha nārāyaṇaḥ devaḥ taṁ dṛṣṭvā vyasṛjaj jvaram māheśvaro vaiṣṇavaś ca yuyudhāte jvarāv ubhau
- atha
- thereupon
- nārāyaṇaḥ devaḥ
- Lord Nārāyaṇa (Kṛṣṇa)
- tam
- him (the Śiva-jvara)
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- vyasṛjat
- released
- jvaram
- His personified fever (of extreme cold, as opposed to the extreme heat of the Śiva-jvara)
- māheśvaraḥ
- of Lord Māheśvara
- vaiṣṇavaḥ
- of Lord Viṣṇu
- ca
- and
- yuyudhāte
- fought
- jvarau
- the two fevers
- ubhau
- against each other
Seeing this personified weapon approach, Lord Nārāyaṇa then released His own personified fever weapon, the Viṣṇu-jvara. The Śiva-jvara and Viṣṇu-jvara thus battled each other.