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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 10]
nadatsu —while exclaiming;  yātudhāneṣu —the ghostly Yakṣas;  jaya-kāśiṣu —proclaiming victory;  atho —then;  mṛdhe —in the fighting;  udatiṣṭhat —appeared;  rathaḥ —the chariot;  tasya —of Dhruva Mahārāja;  nīhārāt —from the mist;  iva —like;  bhāskaraḥ —the sun.
TRANSLATION
The Yakṣas, being temporarily victorious, exclaimed that they had conquered Dhruva Mahārāja. But in the meantime Dhruva's chariot suddenly appeared, just as the sun suddenly appears from within foggy mist.
PURPORT
Here Dhruva Mahārāja is compared to the sun and the great assembly of the Yakṣas to foggy mist. Fog is insignificant in comparison with the sun. Although the sun is sometimes seen to be covered by fog, in fact the sun cannot be covered by anything. Our eyes may be covered by a cloud, but the sun is never covered. By this comparison with the sun, the greatness of Dhruva Mahārāja in all circumstances is affirmed.
TEXT 16
धनुर्विस्फूर्जयन्त्रं द्विषतां खेदमुद्वहन् । अल्लोघं व्यधमद्वाणैर्धनानोकमिवानिलः ॥१६॥
dhanur visphūrjayan divyam dviṣatām khedam udvahan astraugham vyadhamad bāṇair ghanānīkam ivānilaḥ
dhanuḥ —his bow;  visphūrjayan —twanging;  divyam —wonderful;  dviṣatām —of the enemies;  khedam —lamentation;  udvahan —creating;  astra-ogham —different types of weapons;  vyadhamat —he scattered;  bāṇaiḥ —with his arrows;  ghana —of clouds;  anīkam —an army;  iva —like;  anilaḥ —the wind.
TRANSLATION
Dhruva Mahārāja's bow and arrows twanged and hissed, causing lamentation in the hearts of his enemies. He began to shoot incessant arrows shattering all their different weapons, just as the blasting wind scatters the assembled clouds in the sky.
TEXT 17
तस्य ते चापनिर्मुक्ता मित्त्वा वर्माणि रक्षसाम् । कायानाविविशुस्तिग्मा गिरीनशनयो यथा ॥१७॥