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tara astra tara ange pade hata haite
khanda khanda haila bhattathari palaya cari bhite
SYNONYMS
tara astra—their weapons; tara ange—on their bodies; pade—fall; hata haite—from their hands; khanda khanda—cut into pieces; haila—became; bhattathari—the nomads; palaya—run away; cari bhite—in the four directions.
However, their weapons fell from their hands and struck their own bodies.
When some of the Bhattatharis were thus cut to pieces, the others ran away in the four directions.