442 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 10

nadatsu—while exclaiming; ydtudhanesu—the ghostly Yaksas; jaya-
kasigu—proclaiming victory; atho—then; mrdhe—in the fighting; udatisthat—
appeared; rathah—the chariot; tasya—of Dhruva Maharaja; ntharat—from
the mist; iva—like; bhdskarah—the sun.

TRANSLATION

The Yaksas, being temporarily victorious, exclaimed that they had
conquered Dhruva Maharaja. But in the meantime Dhruva’s chariot sud-
denly appeared, just as the sun suddenly appears from within foggy mist.

PURPORT

Here Dhruva Maharaja is compared to the sun and the great assembly
of the Yaksas to foggy mist. Fog is insignificant in comparison with the
sun. Although the sun is sometimes seen to be covered by fog, in fact the
sun cannot be covered by anything. Our eyes may be covered by a cloud,
but the sun is never covered. By this comparison with the sun, the great-
ness of Dhruva Maharaja in all circumstances is affirmed.

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dhanur visphurjayan divyam
dvisatam khedam udvahan

astraugham vyadhamad banair
ghananikam ivanilah

dhanuh—his bow; visphirjayan—twanging; divyam—wonderful; dvisatam--
of the enemies; khedam—lamentation; udvahan—creating; astra-ogham—
different types of weapons; vyadhamat—he scattered; banaih—with his
arrows; ghana—of clouds; anikam—an army; iva—like; anilah—the wind.

TRANSLATION

Dhruva Maharaja’s bow and arrows twanged and hissed, causing lamen-
tation in the hearts of his enemies. He began to shoot incessant arrows
shattering all their different weapons, just as the blasting wind scatters the
assembled clouds in the sky.

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