तेऽन्योन्यमभिसंसृत्य क्षिपन्तो मर्मभिर्मिथ: । आह्वयन्तो विशन्तोऽग्रे युयुधुर्द्वन्द्वयोधिन: ॥ २७ ॥
te ’nyonyam abhisamsrtya ksipanto marmabhir mithah ahvayanto visanto ’gre yuyudhur dvandva-yodhinah
- te
- all of them (the demigods and the demons)
- anyonyam
- one another
- abhisamsrtya
- having come forward face to face
- ksipantah
- chastising one another
- marmabhih mithah
- with much pain to the cores of the hearts of one another
- ahvayantah
- addressing one another
- visantah
- having entered the battlefield
- agre
- in front
- yuyudhuh
- fought
- dvandva-yodhinah
- two combatants chose each other.
The demigods and demons came before each other and reproached one another with words piercing to the heart. Then they drew near and began fighting face to face in pairs.