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Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja
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विनिःसृता आत्रिविशुद्धिषद्धलं यथा वनं भीमरवाः शिखण्डिनः ॥ ३ ॥
tasyārṣāstram dhanuṣi prayuñjataḥ suvarṇa-puṅkhāḥ kalahamisa-vāsasaḥ viniḥsṛtā āviviśur dviṣad-balam yathā vanam bhīma-ravāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ
tasya—while Dhruva; ārṣa-astram—the weapon given by Nārāyaṇa R.ṣi; dhanuṣi—on his bow; prayuñjataḥ—fixed; suvarṇa-puṅkhāḥ—(arrows) with golden shafts; kalahamisa-vāsasaḥ—with feathers like the wings of a swan; viniḥsṛtāḥ—sprang out; āviviśuḥ—entered; dviṣat-balam—the soldiers of the enemy; yathā—just as; vanam—into a forest; bhīma-ravāḥ—making a tumultuous sound; śikhaṇḍinaḥ—peacocks.
TRANSLATION
Even as Dhruva Mahārāja fixed the weapon made by Nārāyaṇa R.ṣi onto his bow, arrows with golden shafts and feathers like the wings of a swan flew out from it. They entered the enemy soldiers with a great hissing sound, just as peacocks enter a forest with tumultuous crowing.
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तैस्तिग्मधारैः प्रधने शिलीमुखै- रितस्ततः पुण्यजना उपद्रुताः । तमम्यधावन् कुपिता उदायुधाः सुपर्णमुन्नद्रफणा इवाहयः ॥ ४ ॥
tais tigma-dhāraiḥ pradhane śilī-mukhair itas tataḥ puṇya-janā upadrutāḥ tam abhyadhāvan kupitā udāyudhāḥ suparṇam unnaddha-phaṇā ivāhayaḥ
taiḥ—by those; tigma-dhāraiḥ—which had a sharp point; pradhane—on the battlefield; śilī-mukhaiḥ—arrows; itas tataḥ—here and there; puṇya-janāḥ—the Yakṣas; upadrutāḥ—being greatly agitated; tam—toward Dhruva Mahārāja; abhyadhāvan—rushed; kupitāḥ—being angry; udāyudhāḥ—with upraised weapons; suparṇam—toward Garuḍa; unnaddha-phaṇāḥ—with upraised hoods; iva—like; ahayaḥ—serpents.