Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 11: Svayambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Maharaja to Stop Fighting

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.11.4

tais tigma-dharaih pradhane sili-mukhair

itas tatah punya-jana upadrutah

tam abhyadhavan kupita udayudhah

suparnam unnaddha-phana ivahayah

SYNONYMS

taih -- by those; tigma-dharaih -- which had a sharp point; pradhane -- on the battlefield; sili-mukhaih -- arrows; itah tatah -- here and there; punya-janah -- the Yakshas; upadrutah -- being greatly agitated; tam -- towards Dhruva Maharaja; abhyadhavan -- rushed; kupitah -- being angry; udayudhah -- with upraised weapons; suparnam -- towards Garuda; unnaddha-phanah -- with upraised hoods; iva -- like; ahayah -- serpents.

TRANSLATION

Those sharp arrows dismayed the enemy soldiers, who became almost unconscious, but various Yakshas on the battlefield, in a rage against Dhruva Maharaja, somehow or other collected their weapons and attacked. Just as serpents agitated by Garuda rush towards Garuda with upraised hoods, all the Yaksha soldiers prepared to overcome Dhruva Maharaja with their upraised weapons.

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