Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.5.13

tāvat sa rudrānucarair mahā-makho

nānāyudhair vāmanakair udāyudhaiḥ

pińgaiḥ piśańgair makarodarānanaiḥ

paryādravadbhir vidurānvarudhyata

SYNONYMS

tāvat — very quickly; saḥ — that; rudra-anucaraiḥ — by the followers of Lord Śiva; mahā-makhaḥ — the arena of the great sacrifice; nānā — various kinds; āyudhaiḥ — with weapons; vāmanakaiḥ — of short stature; udāyudhaiḥ — upraised; pińgaiḥ — blackish; piśańgaiḥ — yellowish; makara-udara-ānanaiḥ — with bellies and faces like sharks'; paryādravadbhiḥ — running all around; vidura — O Vidura; anvarudhyata — was surrounded.

TRANSLATION

My dear Vidura, all the followers of Lord Śiva surrounded the arena of sacrifice. They were of short stature and were equipped with various kinds of weapons; their bodies appeared to be like those of sharks, blackish and yellowish. They ran all around the sacrificial arena and thus began to create disturbances.

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