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SB 10.56.24

आसीत्तदष्टाविंशाहमितरेतरमुष्टिभि: ।
वज्रनिष्पेषपरुषैरविश्रममहर्निशम् ॥ २४ ॥

āsīt tad aṣṭā-vimśāham
itaretara-muṣṭibhiḥ
vajra-niṣpeṣa-paruṣair
aviśramam ahar-niśam

Synonyms

āsīt — was; tat — that; aṣṭā-viṁśa — 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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