Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 56: The Syamantaka Jewel

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.56.24

asit tad asta-vimsaham

itaretara-mustibhih

vajra-nispesa-parusair

avisramam ahar-nisam

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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