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ŚB 10.77.14

Devanagari

तं च षोडशभिर्विद्ध्वा बाणै: सौभं च खे भ्रमत् ।
अविध्यच्छरसन्दोहै: खं सूर्य इव रश्मिभि: ॥ १४ ॥

Text

taṁ ca ṣoḍaśabhir viddhvā
bānaiḥ saubhaṁ ca khe bhramat
avidhyac chara-sandohaiḥ
khaṁ sūrya iva raśmibhiḥ

Synonyms

tam — him, Śālva; ca — and; ṣoḍaśabhiḥ — with sixteen; viddhvā — piercing; bāṇaiḥ — arrows; saubham — Saubha; ca — also; khe — in the sky; bhramat — wandering; avidhyat — He struck; śara — of arrows; sandohaiḥ — with torrents; kham — the sky; sūryaḥ — the sun; iva — as; raśmibhiḥ — with its rays.

Translation

Lord Kṛṣṇa then pierced Śālva with sixteen arrows and struck the Saubha airship with a deluge of arrows as it darted about the sky. Firing His arrows, the Lord appeared like the sun flooding the heavens with its rays.