Text 23] King Indra Annihilates the Demons 79

TEXT 22

waveat Aras Tat Tey ATTA TAF |
APA MAMA AI TT Nl!

Satabhyam matalirm pako
ratham sdvayavam prthak
sakrt sandhana-moksena

tad adbhutam abhid rane

satabhyam—with two hundred arrows; métalim—unto the chariot
driver Matali; pakah—the demon named Paka; ratham—the chariot;
sa-avayavam—with all paraphernalia; prthak—separately; sakrt—once,
at one time; sandhdna—by yoking the arrows to the bow; moksena—
and releasing; tat—such an action; adbhutam—wonderful; abhiit—so

became; rane—on the battlefield.

TRANSLATION

Paka, another demon, attacked both the chariot, with all its
paraphernalia, and the chariot driver, Matali, by fitting two
hundred arrows to his bow and releasing them all simultaneously.
This was indeed a wonderful act on the battlefield.

TEXT 23

agit: vacate: augeacahr: |
ART VWACACY AAT 7 AMAT |

namucih paiica-dasabhih
svarna-purkhair mahesubhih

Ghatya vyanadat sanikhye
satoya iva toyadah

namucih—the demon named Namuci; pavica-dasabhih—with fifteen;
svarna-purikhaih—with golden feathers attached; mahd-isubhih—very
powerful arrows; dhatya—piercing; vyanadat—resounded; sarikhye—
