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Chapter 1.85 - Verse 8

Sanskrit Text

षष्टिं सहस्राणि पतन्ति व्योम्नि; तथा अशीतिं परिवत्सराणि तान्वै तुदन्ति प्रपततः प्रपातं; भीमा भौमा राक्षसास्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राः

English Translation

Some thus falling live for sixty thousand years in the firmament; some again for eighty thousand years. They then fall (on this earth) and they are attacked by fearful Bhauma Rakshasas of sharp teeth.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

षष्टिं | सहस्राणि | पतन्ति | व्योम्नि | तथा | अशीतिं | परिवत्सराणि
तान् | वै | तुदन्ति | प्रपततः | प्रपातं | भीमा | भौमा | राक्षस + तीक्ष्ण + दंष्ट्र