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"name":"SB 4.10.10", "h1":"SB 4.10.10", "label":"Text 10", "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.10.10", "description":"Just like serpents, who cannot tolerate being trampled upon by anyone's feet, the Yakṣas, being intolerant of the wonderful prowess of Dhruva Mahārāja, threw twice as many arrows—six from each of their soldiers—and thus they very valiantly exhibited their prowess."
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SB 4.10.10
तेऽपि चामुममृष्यन्तः पादस्पर्शमिवोरगाः ।
शरैरविध्यन्युगपद्द्विगुणं प्रचिकीर्षवः ॥१०॥
Text
te 'pi cāmum amṛṣyantaḥ
pāda-sparśam ivoragāḥ
śarair avidhyan yugapad
dvi-guṇaṁ pracikīrṣavaḥ
Synonyms
te—the Yakṣas; api—also; ca—and; amum—at Dhruva; amṛṣyantaḥ—being intolerant of; pāda-sparśam—being touched by the feet; iva—like; uragāḥ—serpents; śaraiḥ—with arrows; avidhyan—struck; yugapat—simultaneously; dvi-guṇam—twice as much; pracikīrṣavaḥ—trying to retaliate.
Translation
Just like serpents, who cannot tolerate being trampled upon by anyone's feet, the Yakṣas, being intolerant of the wonderful prowess of Dhruva Mahārāja, threw twice as many arrows—six from each of their soldiers—and thus they very valiantly exhibited their prowess.