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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.72.38

ఇత్థం తయో: ప్రహతయోర్గదయోర్నృవీరౌ క్రుద్ధౌ స్వముష్టిభిరయ:స్పరశైరపిష్టామ్ । శబ్దస్తయో: ప్రహరతోరిభయోరివాసీ- న్నిర్ఘాతవజ్రపరుషస్తలతాడనోత్థ: ॥ ౩౮ ॥
itthaṁ tayoḥ prahatayor gadayor nṛ-vīrau
[ittham tayoh prahatayor gadayor nri-veerau]
kruddhau sva-muṣṭibhir ayaḥ-sparaśair apiṣṭām
[kruddhau sva-mushtibhir ayah-sparashair apishtaam]
śabdas tayoḥ praharator ibhayor ivāsīn
[shabdas tayoh praharator ibhayor ivaaseen]
nirghāta-vajra-paruṣas tala-tāḍanotthaḥ
[nirghaata-vajra-parushas tala-taadanotthah]
Word-for-word
ittham — in this manner tayoḥ — their prahatayoḥ — being ruined gadayoḥ — the clubs nr — among human beings vīrau — the two great heroes kruddhau — angry sva — their own muṣṭibhiḥ — with the fists ayaḥ — like iron sparaśaiḥ — whose touch apiṣṭām — they battered śabdaḥ — the sound tayoḥ — of them praharatoḥ — striking ibhayoḥ — of two elephants iva — as āsīt — became nirghāta — crashing vajra — like thunder paruṣaḥ — harsh tala — of their palms tāḍana — by the hitting utthaḥ — raised .
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
itthaṁ tayoḥ prahatayor gadayor nṛ-vīrau
ittham
in this manner
tayoḥ
their
prahatayoḥ
being ruined
gadayoḥ
the clubs
nr
among human beings
vīrau
the two great heroes
kruddhau sva-muṣṭibhir ayaḥ-sparaśair apiṣṭām
kruddhau
angry
sva
their own
muṣṭibhiḥ
with the fists
ayaḥ
like iron
sparaśaiḥ
whose touch
apiṣṭām
they battered
śabdas tayoḥ praharator ibhayor ivāsīn
śabdaḥ
the sound
tayoḥ
of them
praharatoḥ
striking
ibhayoḥ
of two elephants
iva
as
āsīt
became
nirghāta-vajra-paruṣas tala-tāḍanotthaḥ
nirghāta
crashing
vajra
like thunder
paruṣaḥ
harsh
tala
of their palms
tāḍana
by the hitting
utthaḥ
raised .
Important Words
  • ayaḥ-sparaśaiḥ — whose touch was like iron
    Compound instrumental. Ayas — iron. Their fists strike like iron. The image foreshadows Bhīma's later fame in mace and wrestling combat at Kurukṣetra.
  • muṣṭibhiḥ — with the fists
    Instrumental plural. Muṣṭi-yuddha — fist-combat — is the third tier after weapons fail. The duel descends from gada to muṣṭi to bāhu-yuddha (grappling), a complete śāstric sequence.
  • vajra-paruṣaḥ — harsh like thunder
    Compound nominative. Paruṣa — harsh, jarring. Thunder is the third sound-figure of the duel (after caṭa-caṭā and dantinoḥ); the verse has now exhausted Sanskrit's loudest similes.
Their clubs thus ruined, those great heroes among men angrily pummeled each other with their iron-hard fists. As they slapped each other, the sound resembled the crash of elephants colliding or harsh thunderclaps.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Their clubs thus ruined, those great heroes among men angrily pummeled each other with their iron-hard fists. As they slapped each other, the sound resembled the crash of elephants colliding or harsh thunderclaps.
Commentary

When their clubs were broken they pounded each other with their fists.

Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

When the clubs were destroyed, they beat each other’s limbs (apiṣṭām) with fists like the touch of iron. They then hit each other with the palms of their hands with a harsh sound like thunder in a cloudless sky (nirghāta).

Śrīdhara Svāmī Gauḍīya
Commentary

When their clubs were destroyed, they struck each other’s limbs with their iron fists. The sound of striking or injuring with their hands was harsh like thunder in a cloudless sky (nirghāta).

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Concepts
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Personal Guidance
Analogy

When weapons fail, the wrestler's body becomes the weapon. Iron-hard fists strike like elephants colliding. The Bhāgavatam compresses 27 days of Mahābhārata wrestling into a single śloka of percussive Sanskrit.

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