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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 11]
vacobhiḥ paruṣair indram ardayanto 'sya marmasu śarair avākiran meghā dhārābhir iva parvatam
vacobhiḥ—with harsh words; paruṣaiḥ—very rough and cruel; indram—King Indra; ardayantaḥ—chastising, piercing; asya—of Indra; marmasu—in the heart, etc.; śaraiḥ—with arrows; avākiran—covered all around; meghāḥ—clouds; dhārābhiḥ—with showers of rain; iva—just as; parvatam—a mountain.
TRANSLATION
Rebuking Indra with harsh, cruel words that were piercing to the heart, these demons showered him with arrows, just as torrents of rain wash a great mountain.
TEXT 21
हरीन्दशशतान्याजौ हर्यश्वस्य बलः शरैः । तावद्भिरर्दयामास युगपल्लघुहस्तवान् ॥२१॥
harīn daśa-śatāny ājau haryaśvasya balaḥ śaraiḥ tāvadbhir ardayām āsa yugapal laghu-hastavān
harīn—horses; daśa-śatāni—ten times one hundred (one thousand); ājau—on the battlefield; haryaśvasya—of King Indra; balaḥ—the demon Bala; śaraiḥ—with arrows; tāvadbhiḥ—with so many; ardayām āsa—put into tribulation; yugapat—simultaneously; laghu-hastavān—with quick handling.
TRANSLATION
Quickly handling the situation on the battlefield, the demon Bala put all of Indra's one thousand horses into tribulation by simultaneously piercing them all with an equal number of arrows.