Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.56.24

āsīt tad aṣṭā-vimśāham

itaretara-muṣṭibhiḥ

vajra-niṣpeṣa-paruṣair

aviśramam ahar-niśam

SYNONYMS

āsīt — was; tat — that; aṣṭā-viḿśa — twenty-eight; aham — days; itara-itara — with one another's; muṣṭibhiḥ — fists; vajra — of lightning; niṣpeṣa — like the blows; paruṣaiḥ — hard; aviśramam — without pause; ahaḥ-niśam — day and night.

TRANSLATION

The fight went on without rest for twenty-eight days, the two opponents striking each other with their fists, which fell like the cracking blows of lightning.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī points out that the fight continued day and night without intermission.

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