Devanagari
नियुध्यतोरेवमिभेन्द्रनक्रयो-
र्विकर्षतोरन्तरतो बहिर्मिथ: ।
समा: सहस्रं व्यगमन् महीपते
सप्राणयोश्चित्रममंसतामरा: ॥ २९ ॥
Verse text
niyudhyator evam ibhendra-nakrayor
vikarṣator antarato bahir mithaḥ
samāḥ sahasraṁ vyagaman mahī-pate
saprāṇayoś citram amaṁsatāmarāḥ
Synonyms
niyudhyatoḥ
—
fighting
;
evam
—
in this way
;
ibha
—
indra — of the elephant
;
nakrayoḥ
—
and the crocodile
;
vikarṣatoḥ
—
pulling
;
antarataḥ
—
in the water
;
bahiḥ
—
outside the water
;
mithaḥ
—
one another
;
samāḥ
—
years
;
sahasram
—
one thousand
;
vyagaman
—
passed
;
mahī
—
pate — O King
;
sa
—
prāṇayoḥ — both alive
;
citram
—
wonderful
;
amaṁsata
—
considered
;
amarāḥ
—
the demigods .
Translation
O King, the elephant and the crocodile fought in this way, pulling one another in and out of the water, for one thousand years. Upon seeing the fight, the demigods were very surprised.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O King! As the elephant and the crocodile fought in this way without dying, pulling one another in and out of the water, one thousand years passed. Upon seeing the fight, the devatās were very surprised.