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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 10]
auttānapādiḥ sa tadā śastra-varṣeṇa bhūriṇā na evādṛśyatācchanna āsāreṇa yathā giriḥ
auttānapādiḥ—Dhruva Mahārāja; saḥ—he; tadā—at that time; śastra-varṣeṇa—by a shower of weapons; bhūriṇā—incessant; na—not; eva—certainly; adṛśyata—was visible; ācchannaḥ—being covered; āsāreṇa—by constant rainfall; yathā—as; giriḥ—a mountain.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja was completely covered by an incessant shower of weapons, just as a mountain becomes covered by incessant rainfall.
PURPORT
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura points out in this connection that although Dhruva Mahārāja was covered by the incessant arrows of the enemy, this does not mean that he succumbed in the battle. The example of a mountain peak's being covered by incessant rain is just suitable, for when a mountain is covered by incessant rain, all dirty things are washed from the body of the mountain. Similarly, the incessant shower of arrows from the enemy gave Dhruva Mahārāja new vigor to defeat them. In other words, whatever incompetency he might have had was washed away.
TEXT 14
हाहाकारस्तदैवासीत्सिद्धानां दिवि पश्यताम् । हतोऽयं मानवः ध्वर्यो मग्नः पुण्यजनार्णवे ॥१४॥
hāhā-kāras tadaivāsīt siddhānām divi paśyatām hato 'yam mānavaḥ sūryo magnaḥ puṇya-janārṇave
hāhā-kāraḥ—tumult of disappointment; tadā—at that time; eva—certainly; āsīt—became manifest; siddhānām—of all the residents of Siddhaloka; divi—in the sky; paśyatām—who were observing the fight; hataḥ—killed; ayam—this; mānavaḥ—grandson of Manu; sūryaḥ—sun; magnaḥ—set; puṇya-jana—of the Yakṣas; arṇave—in the ocean.