Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 10: Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight With the Yakṣas

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.10.16

dhanur visphūrjayan divyaḿ

dviṣatāḿ khedam udvahan

astraughaḿ vyadhamad bāṇair

ghanānīkam ivānilaḥ

SYNONYMS

dhanuḥ — his bow; visphūrjayan — twanging; divyam — wonderful; dviṣatām — of the enemies; khedam — lamentation; udvahan — creating; astra-ogham — different types of weapons; vyadhamathe scattered; bāṇaiḥ — with his arrows; ghana — of clouds; anīkaman army; iva — like; anilaḥ — the wind.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Mahārāja's bow and arrows twanged and hissed, causing lamentation in the hearts of his enemies. He began to shoot incessant arrows, shattering all their different weapons, just as the blasting wind scatters the assembled clouds in the sky.

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