Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 10: Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight With the Yakṣas |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.10.17
tasya te cāpa-nirmuktā
bhittvā varmāṇi rakṣasām
kāyān āviviśus tigmā
girīn aśanayo yathā
SYNONYMS
tasya — of Dhruva; te — those arrows; cāpa — from the bow; nirmuktāḥ — released; bhittvā — having pierced; varmāṇi — shields; rakṣasām — of the demons; kāyān — bodies; āviviśuḥ — entered; tigmāḥ — sharp; girīn — mountains; aśanayaḥ — thunderbolts; yathā — just like.
TRANSLATION
The sharp arrows released from the bow of Dhruva Mahārāja pierced the shields and bodies of the enemy, like the thunderbolts released by the King of heaven, which dismantle the bodies of the mountains.
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