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  "name":"SB 8.11.24",
  "h1":"SB 8.11.24",
  "label":"Text 24",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.11.24",
  "description":"Other demons covered Indra, along with his chariot and chariot driver, with incessant showers of arrows, just as clouds cover the sun in the rainy season."

} —

SB 8.11.24

Text

sarvataḥ śara-kūṭena
śakraṁ saratha-sārathim
chādayām āsur asurāḥ
prāvṛṭ-sūryam ivāmbudāḥ

Synonyms

sarvataḥ—all around; śara-kūṭena—by a dense shower of arrows; śakram—Indra; sa-ratha—with his chariot; sārathim—and with his chariot driver; chādayām āsuḥ—covered; asurāḥ—all the demons; prāvṛṭ—in the rainy season; sūryam—the sun; iva—like; ambu-dāḥ—clouds.

Translation

Other demons covered Indra, along with his chariot and chariot driver, with incessant showers of arrows, just as clouds cover the sun in the rainy season.