Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.10.24

na te 'dṛśyanta sañchannāḥ

śara-jālaiḥ samantataḥ

puńkhānupuńkha-patitair

jyotīḿṣīva nabho-ghanaiḥ

SYNONYMS

na — not; te — they (the demigods); adṛśyanta — were seen; sañchannāḥ — being completely covered; śara-jālaiḥ — by networks of arrows; samantataḥ — all around; puńkha-anupuńkha — one arrow after another; patitaiḥ — falling; jyotīḿṣi iva — like the stars in the sky; nabhaḥ-ghanaiḥ — by the dense clouds.

TRANSLATION

As the stars in the sky cannot be seen when covered by dense clouds, the demigods, being completely covered by networks of arrows falling upon them one after another, could not be seen.

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