Texts 18-19] Dhruva Mahārāja's Fight with the Yakṣas
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tasya te cāpa-nirmuktā bhittvā varmāṇi rakṣasām kāyān āviviśus tigmā girīn aśanayo yathā
tasya—of Dhruva; te—those arrows; cāpa—from the bow; nirmuktāḥ—released; bhittvā—having pierced; varmāṇi—shields; rakṣasām—of the demons; kāyān—bodies; āviviśuḥ—entered; tigmāḥ—sharp; girīn—mountains; aśanayaḥ—thunderbolts; yathā—just like.
TRANSLATION
The sharp arrows released from the bow of Dhruva Mahārāja pierced the shields and bodies of the enemy, like the thunderbolts released by the King of heaven, which dismantle the bodies of the mountains.
TEXTS 18-19
मह्यैः संछिद्यमानानां शिरोमिश्वारुकुण्डलैः ।   ऊरुभिर्देवताताभैरोर्भिर्वत्यवल्युभिः ॥१८॥   हारकेयूरप्रकुटैरुष्णीषैश्च महाधनैः ।   आस्तृतास्ता रणभ्रुवो रेजुर्वीरमनोहराः ॥१९॥
bhallaiḥ sañchidyamānānām śirobhiś cāru-kuṇḍalaiḥ ūrubhir hema-tālābhair dorbhir valaya-valgubhiḥ hāra-keyūra-mukuṭair uṣṇīṣaiś ca mahā-dhanaiḥ āstrṭās tā raṇa-bhuvo rejur vīra-mano-harāḥ
bhallaiḥ—by his arrows; sañchidyamānānām—of the Yakṣas who were cut to pieces; śirobhiḥ—with heads; cāru—beautiful; kuṇḍalaiḥ—with earrings; ūrubhiḥ—with thighs; hema-tālābhaiḥ—like golden palm trees; dorbhiḥ—with arms; valaya-valgubhiḥ—with beautiful bracelets; hāra—with garlands; keyūra—armlets; mukuṭaiḥ—and helmets; uṣṇīṣaiḥ—with turbans; ca—also; mahā-dhanaiḥ—very valuable; āstrṭāḥ—covered; tāḥ—those; raṇa-bhuvaḥ—battlefields; rejuḥ—began to glimmer; vīra—of the heroes; manaḥ-harāḥ—bewildering the minds.