Fourteen Worlds
FOURTEEN WORLDSVedic Cosmology

SB 10.77.13

Devanāgarī

तामापतन्तीं नभसि महोल्कामिव रंहसा । भासयन्तीं दिश: शौरि: सायकै: शतधाच्छिनत् ॥ १३ ॥

Text

tām āpatantīṁ nabhasi maholkām iva raṁhasā bhāsayantīṁ diśaḥ śauriḥ sāyakaiḥ śatadhācchinat

Synonyms

tām—that;āpatantīm—flying toward;nabhasi—in the sky;mahā—great;ulkām—a meteor;iva—like;raṁhasā—swiftly;bhāsayantīm—illuminating;diśaḥ—the directions;śauriḥ—Lord Kṛṣṇa;sāyakaiḥ—with His arrows;śatadhā—in hundreds of pieces;acchinat—cut.

Translation

Śālva’s hurtling spear lit up the whole sky like a mighty meteor, but Lord Śauri tore the great weapon into hundreds of pieces with His arrows.

← SB 10.77.12Chapter 77SB 10.77.14