तयो: स्पृधोस्तिग्मगदाहताङ्गयो: क्षतास्रवघ्राणविवृद्धमन्य्वो: । विचित्रमार्गांश्चरतोर्जिगीषया व्यभादिलायामिव शुष्मिणोर्मृध: ॥ १९ ॥
tayoh sprdhos tigma-gadahatangayoh ksatasrava-ghrana-vivrddha-manyvoh vicitra-margams carator jigisaya vyabhad ilayam iva susminor mrdhah
- tayoh
- them
- sprdhoh
- the two combatants
- tigma
- pointed
- gada
- by the maces
- ahata
- injured
- angayoh
- their bodies
- ksata-asrava
- blood coming out from the injuries
- ghrana
- smell
- vivrddha
- increased
- manyvoh
- anger
- vicitra
- of various kinds
- margan
- maneuvers
- caratoh
- performing
- jigisaya
- with a desire to win
- vyabhat
- it looked like
- ilayam
- for the sake of a cow (or the earth)
- iva
- like
- susminoh
- of two bulls
- mrdhah
- an encounter
There was keen rivalry between the two combatants; both had sustained injuries on their bodies from the blows of each other’s pointed maces, and each grew more and more enraged at the smell of blood on his person. In their eagerness to win, they performed maneuvers of various kinds, and their contest looked like an encounter between two forceful bulls for the sake of a cow.