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Chapter 8.33 - Verse 60

Sanskrit Text

कचाकचि बभौ युद्धं दन्तादन्ति नखानखि मुष्टियुद्धं नियुद्धं देहपाप्मविनाशनम्

English Translation

Then there took place a skirmish destructive of life and sins-the warriors dragging one another by their locks, biting one another with their teeth, tearing one another with their nails and striking one another with their clenched fists and fighting with one another with bare arms.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कचाकचि | बभौ | युद्धं | दन्तादन्ति | नखानखि
मुष्टि + युद्ध | नियुद्धं | च | देह + पाप्मन् + विनाशन