Text 9] Dhruva Maharaja’s Fight with the Yaksas 437

tato niskramya balina
upadeva-maha-bhatah

asahantas tan-ninadam
abhipetur udayudhah

tatah—thereafter; niskramya—coming out; balinah—very powerful;
upadeva—of Kuvera; maha-bhatah—great soldiers; asahantah—unable to
tolerate; tat—of the conchshell; ninddam—sound; abhipetuh—attacked;
udayudhah—equipped with various weapons.

TRANSLATION

O hero Vidura, the greatly powerful heroes of the Yaksas, unable to
tolerate the resounding vibration of the conchshell of Dhruva Maharaja,
came forth from their city with weapons and attacked Dhruva.

TEXT 8

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sa tan apatato vira
ugra-dhanva maha-rathah

ekaikam yugapat sarvan
ahan banais tribhis tribhih

sah—Dhruva Maharaja; tan—all of them; dpatatah—falling upon him; virah
—hero; ugra-dhanva—powerful bowman; maha-rathah—who could fight
with many chariots;eka-ekam—one after another; yugapat—simultaneously ;
sarvan—all of them; ahan—killed; banath—by arrows; tribhih tribhih—by
threes.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Maharaja, who was a great charioteer and certainly a great
bowman also, immediately began to kill them by simultaneously discharg-
ing arrows at the rate of three at a time.

TEXT 9

a 9 aoronata: ay ca |
Rea FCTATATAATAAY HA TA Tq U8 UI
