Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.2

vidhamantaḿ sva-sainyāni

dyumantaḿ rukmiṇī-sutaḥ

pratihatya pratyavidhyān

nārācair aṣṭabhiḥ smayan

SYNONYMS

vidhamantam — smashing; sva — His; sainyāni — soldiers; dyumantam — Dyumān; rukmiṇī-sutaḥ — the son of Rukmiṇī (Pradyumna); pratihatya — counterattacking; pratyavidhyāt — He struck back; nārācaiḥ — with special arrows made of iron; aṣṭabhiḥ — eight; smayan — while smiling.

TRANSLATION

In Pradyumna's absence, Dyumān had been devastating His army, but now Pradyumna counterattacked Dyumān and, smiling, pierced him with eight nārāca arrows.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī comments that Pradyumna challenged Dyumān, saying "Now see if you can strike Me!" After saying this and allowing Dyumān to shoot his weapons, Pradyumna released His own deadly arrows.

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