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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

sarvataḥall around; śara-kūṭenaby a dense shower of arrows; śakramIndra; sa-rathawith his chariot; sārathimand with his chariot driver; chādayām āsuḥcovered; asurāḥall the demons; prāvṛṭin the rainy season; sūryamthe sun; ivalike; ambu-dāḥclouds..

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
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