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  "name":"SB 9.6.18",
  "h1":"SB 9.6.18",
  "label":"Text 18",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.6.18",
  "description":"To save themselves from the blazing arrows of Indravāha, which resembled the flames of devastation at the end of the millennium, the demons who remained when the rest of their army was killed fled very quickly to their respective homes."

} —

SB 9.6.18

Text

tasyeṣu-pātābhimukhaṁ
yugāntāgnim ivolbaṇam
visṛjya dudruvur daityā
hanyamānāḥ svam ālayam

Synonyms

tasya—his (Purañjaya's); iṣu-pāta—the throwing of the arrows; abhimukham—in front of; yuga-anta—at the end of the millennium; agnim—the flames; iva—exactly like; ulbaṇam—fierce; visṛjya—giving up the attack; dudruvuḥ—ran away; daityāḥ—all the demons; hanyamānāḥ—being killed (by Purañjaya); svam—own; ālayam—to the residence.

Translation

To save themselves from the blazing arrows of Indravāha, which resembled the flames of devastation at the end of the millennium, the demons who remained when the rest of their army was killed fled very quickly to their respective homes.