Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 77: Lord Kṛṣṇa Slays the Demon Śālva

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.13

tām āpatantīḿ nabhasi

maholkām iva raḿhasā

bhāsayantīḿ diśaḥ śauriḥ

sāyakaiḥ śatadhācchinat

SYNONYMS

tām — that; āpatantīm — flying toward; nabhasiin the sky; mahā — great; ulkāma meteor; iva — like; raḿhasā — swiftly; bhāsayantīm — illuminating; diśaḥ — the directions; śauriḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa; sāyakaiḥ — with His arrows; śatadhāin hundreds of pieces; acchinat — cut.

TRANSLATION

Śālva's hurtling spear lit up the whole sky like a mighty meteor, but Lord Śauri tore the great weapon into hundreds of pieces with His arrows.

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