ŚB 10.44.4

Canto 10, Chapter 44, Text 4

परिभ्रामणविक्षेपपरिरम्भावपातनै: । उत्सर्पणापसर्पणैश्चान्योन्यं प्रत्यरुन्धताम् ॥ ४ ॥

paribhrāmaṇa-vikṣepa-
parirambhāvapātanaiḥ
utsarpaṇāpasarpaṇaiś
cānyonyaṁ pratyarundhatām

Word by word

paribhrāmaṇa — with wheeling the other about; vikṣepa — shoving; parirambha — crushing; avapātanaiḥ — and throwing down; utsarpaṇa — releasing and running in front; apasarpaṇaiḥ — going behind; ca — and; anyonyam — each other; pratyarundhatām — they resisted.

Translation

Each fighter contended with his opponent by dragging him about in circles, shoving and crushing him, throwing him down and running before and behind him.

Purport

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the word parirambha indicates crushing one’s opponent with one’s arms.