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Yuddha Kanda Sarga 40 Shloka 17
Original Shloka
अन्योन्यमाविध्यवेदिलग्नौतौपेततुस्सालनिखातमध्ये । उत्पेततुर्भूतलमस्पृशन्तौस्थित्वामुहूर्तंत्वभिनिश्श्वसन्तौ ।।6.40.17।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

तौ both, अन्योन्यम् one another, विध्य squeezed, वेदिलग्नौ defensive walls, सालनिखातमध्ये between the boundary and the moat, निपेततुः dropped down, मुहूर्तम् for a moment, अभिनिःश्वसन्तौ gasping heavily, स्थित्वा remaining, स्पृशन्तौ clinging their bodies, भूमितलम् on the ground, उत्पेततुः jumping.

English Commentary

Squeezing their bodies of each other they dropped down between the boundary of the peak and the moat. They were gasping heavily for a moment and clung their body to each other jumping.