Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 11: Svayambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Maharaja to Stop Fighting

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.11.3

tasyarsastram dhanusi prayunjatah

suvarna-punkhah kalahamsa-vasasah

vinihsrta avivisur dvisad-balam

yatha vanam bhima-ravah sikhandinah

SYNONYMS

tasya -- while Dhruva; arsa-astram -- the weapon given by Narayana Rsi; dhanusi -- on his bow; prayunjatah -- fixed; suvarna-punkhah -- (arrows) with golden shafts; kalahamsa-vasasah -- with feathers like the wings of a swan; vinihsrtah -- sprang out; avivisuh -- entered; dvisat-balam -- the soldiers of the enemy; yatha -- just as; vanam -- into a forest; bhima-ravah -- making a tumultuous sound; sikhandinah -- peacocks.

TRANSLATION

Even as Dhruva Maharaja fixed the weapon made by Narayana Rsi 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.

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