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Chapter 1.16 - Verse 22

Sanskrit Text

तेषां संघर्षजश्चाग्निरर्चिर्भिः प्रज्वलन्मुहुः विद्युद्भिरिव नीलाभ्रमावृणोन्मन्दरं गिरिम्

English Translation

And great fires were produced from the mutual friction of the trees that frequently blazed up and the Mandara mountain looked like black clouds charged with lightning,

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

तेषां | संघर्ष + ज + च + अग्नि | अर्चिर्भिः | प्रज्वलन् | मुहुः
विद्युद्भिर् | इव | नील + अभ्र | आवृणोन् | मन्दरं | गिरिम्