78 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 11
vacobhih parusair indram
ardayanto ’sya marmasu
Sarair avakiran megha
dharabhir iva parvatam
vacobhih—with harsh words; parusaih—very rough and cruel;
indram—King Indra; ardayantah—chastising, piercing; asya—of In-
dra; marmasu—in the heart, etc.; Saraih—with arrows; avakiran—
covered all around; meghah—clouds; dhérabhih—with showers of rain;
iva—just as; parvatam—a mountain.
TRANSLATION
Rebuking Indra with harsh, cruel words that were piercing to
the heart, these demons showered him with arrows, just as torrents
of rain wash a great mountain.
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harin dasa-satany djau
haryasvasya balah saraih
tavadbhir ardayam dasa
yugapal laghu-hastavan
harin—horses; dasa-Satani—ten times one hundred (one thousand);
djau—on the battlefield; haryasvasya—of King Indra; balah—the
demon Bala; saraih—with arrows; tavadbhih—with so many; ardayam
dsa—put into tribulation; yugapat—simultaneously; laghu-hastavan —
with quick handling.
TRANSLATION
Quickly handling the situation on the battlefield, the demon
Bala put all of Indra’s one thousand horses into tribulation by
simultaneously piercing them all with an equal number of arrows.
