Shloka 39
अर्धरात्रेडधिकबलै विंमुक्ता रक्षसां बलै: । तदनन्तर चारों ओरसे पत्थरोंकी अत्यन्त भयंकर एवं भारी वर्षा होने लगी। आधी रातके समय अधिक बलशाली हुए राक्षसोंके समुदाय वह प्रस्तर-वर्षा कर रहे थे || ३८ ६ || आयसानि च चक्राणि भुशुण्ड्य: शक्तितोमरा:
ardharātre ’dhikabalair vimuktā rakṣasāṁ balaiḥ | tadanantaraṁ cāroṁ orase pattharōṁkī atyanta bhayaṅkara evaṁ bhārī varṣā honē lagī | ādhī rātake samaya adhikabaḷaśālī huē rākṣasōṁke samūhaḥ saḥ prastara-varṣāṁ kar rahe the || āyāsāni ca cakrāṇi bhuśuṇḍyaḥ śakti-tomarāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: At midnight, when the hosts of rākṣasas had grown even more formidable, they unleashed a terrifying, heavy shower of stones on all sides. Along with that barrage came iron wheels, bhusuṇḍīs, spears, and tomara-javelins—an assault meant to overwhelm by fear and sheer force rather than by fair contest.
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