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ततो नानाप्रहरणैर् अन्योन्यम् अभिवर्षताम् ॥
आयसैः परिघैः शूलैर् गदामुसलमुद्गरैः ॥
पिनाकैः करवालैश् च तोमरप्रासकम्पनैः ॥
नाराचैर् निशितैर् भल्लैः शरैश् चक्रैः परश्वधैः ॥
अयोगुडैर् भिण्डिपालैर् गोशीर्षोलूखलैर् अपि ॥
उत्पाट्य च महाशाखैर् विविधैर् जगतीरुहैः ॥
शमीपीलुकरीरैश् च शम्याकैश् चैव भारत ॥
इङ्गुदैर् बदरीभिश् च कोविदारैश् च पुष्पितैः ॥
tato nānāpraharaṇair anyonyam abhivarṣatām ||
āyasaiḥ parighaiḥ śūlair gadāmusalamudgaraiḥ ||
pinākaiḥ karavālaiś ca tomaraprāsakampanaiḥ ||
nārācair niśitair bhallaiḥ śaraiś cakraiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ ||
ayoguḍair bhiṇḍipālair gośīrṣolūkhalair api ||
utpāṭya ca mahāśākhair vividhair jagatīruhaiḥ ||
śamīpīlukarīraiś ca śamyākaiś caiva bhārata ||
iṅgudair badarībhiś ca kovidāraiś ca puṣpitaiḥ ||
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That terrible rain of stones the valiant one scattered in all directions with a rain of arrows; and it was as though a marvel. Then, showering one another with all manner of weapons: with iron maces, spears, clubs, pestles, hammers, pinakas and swords, darts, prasas, kampanas, sharp iron naracas, broad-headed arrows, arrows, discuses, axes; and having torn up large-branched various trees — shami, pilu, karira and shamyaka, O Bharata...
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This roll-call of weapons and uprooted trees shows the primordial fury of a clash between titans: everything is pressed into service, from axes to whole trees. It is telling that the rakshasas fight not only with forged weapons but with living nature itself. The verse teaches that frenzy, carried to its limit, turns anything at hand into a weapon; and battle beyond all measure turns the peaceful trees of the earth into clubs — an image of how enmity defiles and corrupts even the innocent.