तावादिदैत्यौ सहसा व्यज्यमानात्मपौरुषौ । ववृधातेऽश्मसारेण कायेनाद्रिपती इव ॥ १६ ॥
tav adi-daityau sahasa vyajyamanatma-paurusau vavrdhate ’sma-sarena kayenadri-pati iva
- tau
- those two
- adi-daityau
- demons in the beginning of creation
- sahasa
- quickly
- vyajyamana
- being manifest
- atma
- own
- paurusau
- prowess
- vavrdhate
- grew
- asma-sarena
- steellike
- kayena
- with bodily frames
- adri-pati
- two great mountains
- iva
- like.
These two demons who appeared in ancient times soon began to exhibit uncommon bodily features; they had steellike frames which began to grow just like two great mountains.