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Chapter 11: King Indra Annihilates the Demons

Verse 24 of 48
SB 8.11.24

सर्वतः शरकूटेन शक्रं सरथसारथिम् छादयामासुरसुराः प्रावृट्सूर्यमिवाम्बुदाः

sarvataḥ śara-kūṭena śakraṁ saratha-sārathim chādayām āsur asurāḥ prāvṛṭ-sūryam ivāmbudāḥ

Synonyms

sarvataḥ—all around; śara-kūṭena—by a dense shower of arrows; śakram—Indra; sa-ratha—with his chariot; sārathim—and with his chariot driver; chādayām āsuḥ—covered; asurāḥ—all the demons; prāvṛṭ—in the rainy season; sūryam—the sun; iva—like; ambu-dāḥ—clouds..

Translation

Other demons covered Indra, along with his chariot and chariot driver, with incessant showers of arrows, just as clouds cover the sun in the rainy season.

Verse 24 of 48