—json {

  "name":"SB 4.10.17",
  "h1":"SB 4.10.17",
  "label":"Text 17",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.10.17",
  "description":"The sharp arrows released from the bow of Dhruva Mahārāja pierced the shields and bodies of the enemy, like the thunderbolts released by the King of heaven, which dismantle the bodies of the mountains."

} —

SB 4.10.17

तस्य ते चापनिर्मुक्ता भित्त्वा वर्माणि रक्षसाम् ।
कायानाविविशुस्तिग्मा गिरीनशनयो यथा ॥१७॥

Text

tasya te cāpa-nirmuktā
bhittvā varmāṇi rakṣasām
kāyān āviviśus tigmā
girīn aśanayo yathā

Synonyms

tasya—of Dhruva; te—those arrows; cāpa—from the bow; nirmuktāḥ—released; bhittvā—having pierced; varmāṇi—shields; rakṣasām—of the demons; kāyān—bodies; āviviśuḥ—entered; tigmāḥ—sharp; girīn—mountains; aśanayaḥ—thunderbolts; yathā—just like.

Translation

The sharp arrows released from the bow of Dhruva Mahārāja pierced the shields and bodies of the enemy, like the thunderbolts released by the King of heaven, which dismantle the bodies of the mountains.