Text 23]
King Indra Annihilates the Demons
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TEXT 22
शताभ्यां मातलिं पाको रथं सावयवं पृथक् । सकृत्सन्धानमोक्षेण तदद्भुतमभूद् रणे ॥२२॥
śatābhyām mātalim pāko rathaṁ sāvayavaṁ pṛthak sakṛt sandhāna-mokṣeṇa tad adbhutam abhūd raṇe
śatābhyām—with two hundred arrows; mātalim—unto the chariot driver Mātali; pākaḥ—the demon named Pāka; ratham—the chariot; sa-avayavam—with all paraphernalia; pṛthak—separately; sakṛt—once, at one time; sandhāna—by yoking the arrows to the bow; mokṣeṇa—and releasing; tat—such an action; adbhutam—wonderful; abhūt—so became; raṇe—on the battlefield.
TRANSLATION
Pāka, another demon, attacked both the chariot, with all its paraphernalia, and the chariot driver, Mātali, by fitting two hundred arrows to his bow and releasing them all simultaneously. This was indeed a wonderful act on the battlefield.
TEXT 23
नमुचिः पञ्चदशभिः स्वर्णपुङ्गेर्महेषुभिः । आहत्य व्यनदत्संख्ये सतोय इव तोयदः ॥२३॥
namuciḥ pañca-daśabhiḥ svarṇa-puṅkhair maheṣubhiḥ āhatya vyanadat saṅkhye satoya iva toyadaḥ
namuciḥ—the demon named Namuci; pañca-daśabhiḥ—with fifteen; svarṇa-puṅkhaiḥ—with golden feathers attached; mahā-iṣubhiḥ—very powerful arrows; āhatya—piercing; vyanadat—resounded; saṅkhye—