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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.56.24
SYNONYMS
asit -- was; tat -- that; asta-vimsa -- twenty-eight; aham -- days; itara-itara -- with one another's; mustibhih -- fists; vajra -- of lightning; nispesa -- like the blows; parusaih -- hard; avisramam -- without pause; ahah-nisam -- day and night.
TRANSLATION
The fight went on without rest for twenty-eight days, the two opponents striking each other with their fists, which fell like the cracking blows of lightning.
PURPORT
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti points out that the fight continued day and night without intermission.
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