Shloka 79.2Unverified draft

ततः प्रवृत्तं सुमहत्तद्युद्धं रोमहर्षणम् । निशाचरैः प्लवङ्गानां देवानां दानवैरिव ।।6.79.2।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
tataḥ pravṛttaṃ sumahattadyuddhaṃ romaharṣaṇamततः प्रवृत्तं सुमहत्तद्युद्धं रोमहर्षणम्then began that very great battle that made the hair stand on endadverb + past participle + nominative adjective + nominative pronoun + nominative + nominative compound adjective
niśācaraiḥ plavaṅgānāṃ devānāṃ dānavairivaनिशाचरैः प्लवङ्गानां देवानां दानवैरिवof the monkeys with the night-rangers, like that of the gods with the dānavasinstrumental + genitive + genitive + instrumental + particle

Reference: 6.79.2 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa