स समास्थाय मायां तु ववर्ष रुधिरं बहु । विद्युद्वधिभ्राजितं चासीत् तुमुलाभ्राकुलं नभ:,उसने मायाका आश्रय लेकर बहुत रक्तकी वर्षा की। उस समय आकाशमें भयंकर मेघोंकी घटा घिर आयी थी और बिजली चमक रही थी
sa samāsthāya māyāṃ tu vavarṣa rudhiraṃ bahu | vidyudvad abhrājitaṃ cāsīt tumulābhrākulaṃ nabhaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Resorting to illusion and deceptive power, he caused a heavy rain of blood to fall. At that moment the sky was choked with roaring masses of clouds, and it flashed like lightning—an ominous sign intensifying the moral darkness of the battle through fear and delusion rather than righteous combat.
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