प्रववुर्वायवश्चण्डास्तम: पांसवमैरयन् । दिग्भ्यो निपेतुर्ग्रावाण: क्षेपणै: प्रहिता इव ॥ १८ ॥
pravavur vayavas candas tamah pamsavam airayan digbhyo nipetur gravanah ksepanaih prahita iva
- pravavuh
- were blowing
- vayavah
- winds
- candah
- fierce
- tamah
- darkness
- pamsavam
- caused by dust
- airayan
- were spreading
- digbhyah
- from every direction
- nipetuh
- came down
- gravanah
- stones
- ksepanaih
- by machine guns
- prahitah
- thrown
- iva
- as if.
Fierce winds began to blow from all directions, spreading darkness occasioned by dust and hail storms; stones came in volleys from every corner, as if thrown by machine guns.