SB 4.11.3

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 11: Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

SB 4.11.2 - SB 4.11.4

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 3

tasyārṣāstraṁ dhanuṣi prayuñjataḥ

suvarṇa-puṅkhāḥ kalahaṁsa-vāsasaḥ

viniḥsṛtā āviviśur dviṣad-balaṁ

yathā vanaṁ bhīma-ravāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ

SYNONYMS

tasya—while Dhruva; ārṣa-astram—the weapon given by Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi; dhanuṣi—on his bow; prayuñjataḥ—fixed; suvarṇa-puṅkhāḥ—(arrows) with golden shafts; kalahaṁsa-vāsasaḥ—with feathers like the wings of a swan; viniḥsṛtāḥ—sprang out; āviviśuḥ—entered; dviṣat-balam—the soldiers of the enemy; yathā—just as; vanam—into a forest; bhīma-ravāḥ—making a tumultuous sound; śikhaṇḍinaḥ—peacocks.

TRANSLATION

Even as Dhruva Mahārāja fixed the weapon made by Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi onto his bow, arrows with golden shafts and feathers like the wings of a swan flew out from it. They entered the enemy soldiers with a great hissing sound, just as peacocks enter a forest with tumultuous crowing.

SB 4.11.2 - SB 4.11.4