नियुध्यतोरेवमिभेन्द्रनक्रयो- र्विकर्षतोरन्तरतो बहिर्मिथ: । समा: सहस्रं व्यगमन् महीपते सप्राणयोश्चित्रममंसतामरा: ॥ २९ ॥
niyudhyator evam ibhendra-nakrayor vikarsator antarato bahir mithah samah sahasram vyagaman mahi-pate sapranayos citram amamsatamarah
- niyudhyatoh
- fighting
- evam
- in this way
- ibha-indra
- of the elephant
- nakrayoh
- and the crocodile
- vikarsatoh
- pulling
- antaratah
- in the water
- bahih
- outside the water
- mithah
- one another
- samah
- years
- sahasram
- one thousand
- vyagaman
- passed
- mahi-pate
- O King
- sa-pranayoh
- both alive
- citram
- wonderful
- amamsata
- considered
- amarah
- the demigods.
O King, the elephant and the crocodile fought in this way, pulling one another in and out of the water, for one thousand years. Upon seeing the fight, the demigods were very surprised.