Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 10: The Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.10.25

na te śastrāstra-varṣaughā

hy āseduḥ sura-sainikān

chinnāḥ siddha-pathe devair

laghu-hastaiḥ sahasradhā

SYNONYMS

na — not; te — those; śastra-astra-varṣa-oghāḥ — showers of arrows and other weapons; hi — indeed; āseduḥ — reached; sura-sainikān — the armies of the demigods; chinnāḥ — cut; siddha-pathein the sky; devaiḥ — by the demigods; laghu-hastaiḥ — quick-handed; sahasradhā — into thousands of pieces.

TRANSLATION

The showers of various weapons and arrows released to kill the soldiers of the demigods did not reach them because the demigods, acting quickly, cut the weapons into thousands of pieces in the sky.

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