Canto 7: The Science of God | Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.67
śaraḿ dhanuṣi sandhāya
muhūrte 'bhijitīśvaraḥ
dadāha tena durbhedyā
haro 'tha tripuro nṛpa
SYNONYMS
śaram — the arrows; dhanuṣi — on the bow; sandhāya — joining together; muhūrte abhijiti — at noon; īśvaraḥ — Lord Śiva; dadāha — set afire; tena — by them (the arrows); durbhedyāḥ — very difficult to pierce; haraḥ — Lord Śiva; atha — in this way; tri-puraḥ — the three residences of the demons; nṛpa — O King Yudhiṣṭhira.
TRANSLATION
My dear King Yudhiṣṭhira, the most powerful Lord Śiva joined the arrows to his bow, and at noon he set fire to all three residences of the demons and thus destroyed them.
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