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Chapter 1.17 - Verse 23

Sanskrit Text

दहत्क्वचिज्ज्वलन इवावलेलिह;त्प्रसह्य तानसुरगणान्न्यकृन्तत प्रवेरितं वियति मुहुः क्षितौ तदा; पपौ रणे रुधिरमथो पिशाचवत्

English Translation

Sometimes it blazed like fire and consumed them all; sometimes it struck them down like a goblin; sometimes it drank the blood of the slain Danavas as it travelled through earth and sky.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

दहत् | क्वचिज् | ज्वलन | इव + अवलेलिह् | प्रसह्य | तान् | असुर + गण | न्यकृन्तत
प्रवेरितं | वियति | मुहुः | क्षितौ | तदा | पपौ | रणे | रुधिरम् | अथो | पिशाच + वत्