Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.11.3

tasyārṣāstraḿ dhanuṣi prayuñjataḥ

suvarṇa-puńkhāḥ kalahaḿsa-vāsasaḥ

viniḥsṛtā āviviśur dviṣad-balaḿ

yathā vanaḿ bhīma-ravāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya — while Dhruva; ārṣa-astram — the weapon given by Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi; dhanuṣi — on his bow; prayuñjataḥ — fixed; suvarṇa-puńkhāḥ — (arrows) with golden shafts; kalahaḿsa-vāsasaḥ — with feathers like the wings of a swan; viniḥsṛtāḥ — sprang out; āviviśuḥ — entered; dviṣat-balam — the soldiers of the enemy; yathā — just as; vanam — into a forest; bhīma-ravāḥ — making a tumultuous sound; śikhaṇḍinaḥ — peacocks.

TRANSLATION

Even as Dhruva Mahārāja fixed the weapon made by Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi onto his bow, arrows with golden shafts and feathers like the wings of a swan flew out from it. They entered the enemy soldiers with a great hissing sound, just as peacocks enter a forest with tumultuous crowing.

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