52 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 10

asampraptan—the enemy’s arrows not being received; hasan iva—as if
smiling.

TRANSLATION

Before Bali Maharaja’s arrows could reach him, Indra, King of
heaven, who is expert in dealing with arrows, smiled and coun-
teracted the arrows with arrows of another type, known as bhalla,
which were extremely sharp.

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Te sated der gas: TTT |
at saaedt Aelearal AAMASASIE: Iv 3 II

tasya karmottamam viksya
durmarsah saktim ddade

tam jvalantim maholkabham
hasta-stham acchinad dharih

tasya—of King Indra; karma-uttamam—the very expert service in
military art; viksya—after observing; durmarsah—being in a very
angry mood; saktim—the Sakti weapon; ddade—took up; tam—that
weapon; jvalantim—blazing fire; mahd-ulka-abham—appearing like a
great firebrand; hasta-stham—while still in the hand of Bali; acchinat—
cut to pieces; harih—Indra.

TRANSLATION

When Bali Maharaja saw the expert military activities of Indra,
he could not restrain his anger. Thus he took up another weapon,
known as Sakti, which blazed like a great firebrand. But Indra cut
that weapon to pieces while it was still in Bali’s hand.

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qe Us da we ada: |
aq oe TARA Aq fos fA: lvl
