Text 23] King Indra Annihilates the Demons 79
TEXT 22
waveat Aras Tat Tey ATTA TAF |
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AHUAMAMAT § AIT TW UR!
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
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auf: waqafe: auggatafh: |
ME HAST FATT FI TAT: URAM
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—
