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SB 10.76.24

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 24

śarair agny-arka-saṁsparśair
āśī-viṣa-durāsadaiḥ
pīḍyamāna-purānīkaḥ
śālvo 'muhyat pareritaiḥ


SYNONYMS

śaraiḥ — by the arrows; agni — like fire; arka — and like the sun; saṁsparśaiḥ — whose contact; āśī — of a snake; viṣa — like the poison; durāsadaiḥ — intolerable; pīḍyamāna — distressed; pura — whose aerial city; anīkaḥ — and whose army; śālvaḥ — Śālva; amuhyat — became bewildered; para — by the enemy; īritaiḥ — shot.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda


TRANSLATION

Śālva became bewildered upon seeing his army and aerial city thus harassed by his enemy's arrows, which struck like fire and the sun and were as intolerable as snake venom.


PURPORT

Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the arrows of the Yadu commanders burned like fire, struck simultaneously from all sides like the sun's rays, and, like snake venom, were lethal by a single touch.



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