Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.23

namuciḥ pañca-daśabhiḥ

svarṇa-puńkhair maheṣubhiḥ

āhatya vyanadat sańkhye

satoya iva toyadaḥ

SYNONYMS

namuciḥ — the demon named Namuci; pañca-daśabhiḥ — with fifteen; svarṇa-puńkhaiḥ — with golden feathers attached; mahā-iṣubhiḥ — very powerful arrows; āhatya — piercing; vyanadat — resounded; sańkhye — on the battlefield; sa-toyaḥ — bearing water; iva — like; toya-daḥ — a cloud that delivers rain.

TRANSLATION

Then Namuci, another demon, attacked Indra and injured him with fifteen very powerful golden-feathered arrows, which roared like a cloud full of water.

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