SB 4.10.16

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 10: Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight With the Yakṣas

SB 4.10.15 - SB 4.10.17

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 16

dhanur visphūrjayan divyaṁ

dviṣatāṁ khedam udvahan

astraughaṁ vyadhamad bāṇair

ghanānīkam ivānilaḥ

SYNONYMS

dhanuḥ — his bow; visphūrjayan — twanging; divyam — wonderful; dviṣatām — of the enemies; khedam — lamentation; udvahan — creating; astra-ogham — different types of weapons; vyadhamat — he scattered; bāṇaiḥ — with his arrows; ghana — of clouds; anīkam — an army; iva — like; anilaḥ — the wind.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Mahārāja's bow and arrows twanged and hissed, causing lamentation in the hearts of his enemies. He began to shoot incessant arrows, shattering all their different weapons, just as the blasting wind scatters the assembled clouds in the sky.

SB 4.10.15 - SB 4.10.17