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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 10]
TRANSLATION
As the stars in the sky cannot be seen when covered by dense clouds, the demigods, being completely covered by networks of arrows falling upon them one after another, could not be seen.
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न ते शस्त्रास्त्रवर्षौधा ह्यासेदुः सुरसैनिकान् । छिन्नाः सिद्धपथे देवैर्लघुहस्तैः सहस्रधा ॥२५॥
na te śastrāstra-varṣaughā hy āseduḥ sura-sainikān chinnāḥ siddha-pathe devair laghu-hastaiḥ sahasradhā
na —not;  te —those;  śastra-astra-varṣa-oghāḥ —showers of arrows and other weapons;  hi —indeed;  āseduḥ —reached;  sura-sainikān —the armies of the demigods;  chinnāḥ —cut;  siddha-pathe —in the sky;  devaiḥ —by the demigods;  laghu-hastaiḥ —quick-handed;  sahasradhā —into thousands of pieces.
TRANSLATION
The showers of various weapons and arrows released to kill the soldiers of the demigods did not reach them because the demigods, acting quickly, cut the weapons into thousands of pieces in the sky.
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अथ क्षीणास्त्रशस्त्रौधा गिरिगृह्णादुमोपलैः । अभ्यवर्षन् सुरबलं चिच्छिदुस्तांश्च पूर्ववत् ॥२६॥
atha kṣīṇāstra-śastraughā giri-śrīṇga-drumopalaiḥ abhyavarṣan sura-balam cicchidus tāṁś ca pūrvavat
atha —thereupon;  kṣīṇa —being reduced;  astra —of the arrows released by  mantras ;  śastra —and weapons;  oghāḥ —the multitudes;