—json {

  "name":"SB 8.11.23",
  "h1":"SB 8.11.23",
  "label":"Text 23",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.23",
  "description":"Then Namuci, another demon, attacked Indra and injured him with fifteen very powerful golden-feathered arrows, which roared like a cloud full of water."

} —

SB 8.11.23

Text

namuciḥ pañca-daśabhiḥ
svarṇa-puṅkhair maheṣubhiḥ
āhatya vyanadat saṅkhye
satoya iva toyadaḥ

Synonyms

namuciḥ—the demon named Namuci; pañca-daśabhiḥ—with fifteen; svarṇa-puṅkhaiḥ—with golden feathers attached; mahā-iṣubhiḥ—very powerful arrows; āhatya—piercing; vyanadat—resounded; saṅkhye—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.