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Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight with the Yakṣas
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tato niṣkramya balina upadeva-mahā-bhaṭāḥ asahantas tan-ninādam abhipetur udāyudhāḥ
tataḥ—thereafter; niṣkramya—coming out; balinaḥ—very powerful; upadeva—of Kuvera; mahā-bhaṭāḥ—great soldiers; asahantaḥ—unable to tolerate; tat—of the conchshell; ninādam—sound; abhipetuḥ—attacked; udāyudhāḥ—equipped with various weapons.
TRANSLATION
O hero Vidura, the greatly powerful heroes of the Yakṣas, unable to tolerate the resounding vibration of the conchshell of Dhruva Mahārāja, came forth from their city with weapons and attacked Dhruva.
TEXT 8
स तानापततो वीर उग्रधन्वा महारथः। एकैकं युगपत्सर्वानहन् बाणैस्त्रिभिस्त्रिमिः ॥ ८ ॥
sa tān āpatato vīra ugra-dhanvā mahā-rathaḥ ekaikam yugapat sarvān ahan bāṇais tribhis tribhiḥ
saḥ—Dhruva Mahārāja; tān—all of them; āpatataḥ—falling upon him; vīraḥ—hero; ugra-dhanvā—powerful bowman; mahā-rathaḥ—who could fight with many chariots; eka-ekam—one after another; yugapat—simultaneously; sarvān—all of them; ahan—killed; bāṇaiḥ—by arrows; tribhiḥ tribhiḥ—by threes.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja, who was a great charioteer and certainly a great bowman also, immediately began to kill them by simultaneously discharging arrows at the rate of three at a time.
TEXT 9
ते वै ललाटलग्नैस्तैरिषुमिः सर्व एव हि । मत्वा निरस्तमात्मानमाशंसन् कर्म तस्य तत् ॥ ९ ॥