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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.77.3

caturbhiś caturo vāhān

sūtam ekena cāhanat

dvābhyaḿ dhanuś ca ketuḿ ca

śareṇānyena vai śiraḥ

SYNONYMS

caturbhiḥ — with four (arrows); caturaḥ — four; vāhān — carriers; sūtam — the driver; ekena — with one; ca — and; ahanatHe struck; dvābhyām — with two; dhanuḥ — the bow; ca — and; ketum — the flag; ca — and; śareṇa — with an arrow; anyena — another; vai — indeed; śiraḥ — the head.

TRANSLATION

With four of these arrows He struck Dyumān's four horses, with one arrow, his driver, with two more arrows, his bow and chariot flag, and with the last arrow, Dyumān's head.

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