444 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 10

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, the heads of those
who were cut to pieces by the arrows of Dhruva Maharaja were decorated
very beautifully with earrings and turbans. The legs of their bodies
were as beautiful as golden palm trees, their arms were decorated with
golden bracelets and armlets, and on their heads there were very valuable
helmets bedecked with gold. All these ornaments lying on that battlefield
were very attractive and could bewilder the mind of a hero.

PURPORT

It appears that in those days soldiers used to go to the battlefield
highly decorated with golden ornaments and with helmets and turbans,
and when they were dead the booty was taken by the enemy party. Their
falling dead in battle with their many golden ornamental dresses was
certainly a lucrative opportunity to the heroes on the battlefield.

TEXT 20

aaah zat wf
wainrm: «= afrardaraa: |
ma Aree figza-
Teche = NIRelll

hatavasista itare ranajirad
rakso-ganah ksatriya-varya-sdyakaih
prayo vivrknavayava vidudruvur
mrgendra-vikridita-yuthapa iva

hata-avasistah—the remaining soldiers who were not killed; itare—others;
rajia-ajirat—from the battlefield; raksah-ganadh—the Yakgas; kgatriya-
varya—of the greatest of the ksatriyas or warriors; sdyakaih—by the arrows;
prayah—mostly; vivrkna—cut to pieces; avayavah—their bodily limbs;
vidudruvuh—fled; mrgendra—by a lion; vikridita—being defeated; yuthapah
—elephants; tva—like.

TRANSLATION

The remaining Yaksas who somehow or other were not killed had their
limbs cut to pieces by the arrows of the great warrior Dhruva Maharaja.
Thus they began to flee, just as elephants flee when defeated by a lion.
