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प्रजज्वाल नभो राजन्धूमायन्ते दिशो दश । न स्थातुमन्तरिक्षे च शेकुराकाशगास्तदा॥५-१८५-२१॥
The sky seemed to blaze, O King, and the ten directions became smoke-filled; those moving through the air could not remain in the mid-region then.
english translation
ततो हाहाकृते लोके सदेवासुरराक्षसे । इदमन्तरमित्येव योक्तुकामोऽस्मि भारत॥५-१८५-२२॥
Then, when the world—together with the gods, Asuras, and Rākṣasas—was filled with cries of alarm, I, O Bhārata, wished to seize this interval as an opening, thinking, “This is the moment.”
english translation
प्रस्वापमस्त्रं दयितं वचनाद्ब्रह्मवादिनाम् । चिन्तितं च तदस्त्रं मे मनसि प्रत्यभात्तदा॥५-१८५-२३॥
The Prasvāpa weapon, dear to me and learned through the instruction of knowers of Brahman—when I contemplated it, that weapon then became manifest within my mind.
english translation