ततश्चटचटाशब्दो वज्रनिष्पेससन्निभ: । गदयो: क्षिप्तयो राजन्दन्तयोरिव दन्तिनो: ॥ ३६ ॥
tataś caṭa-caṭā-śabdo vajra-niṣpesa-sannibhaḥ gadayoḥ kṣiptayo rājan dantayor iva dantinoḥ
- tataḥ
- then
- caṭa-caṭā-śabdaḥ
- the clattering sound
- vajra
- of lightning
- niṣpeṣa
- the crash
- sannibhaḥ
- resembling
- gadayoḥ
- of their clubs
- kṣiptayoḥ
- being swung
- rājan
- O King (Parīkṣit)
- dantayoḥ
- of the tusks
- iva
- as if
- dantinoḥ
- of elephants
When Jarāsandha’s and Bhīmasena’s clubs loudly collided, O King, the sound was like the impact of the big tusks of two fighting elephants, or the crash of a thunderbolt in a flashing electrical storm.