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ŚB 10.76.17

Devanagari

ताश्च सौभपतेर्माया दिव्यास्‍त्रै रुक्‍मिणीसुत: ।
क्षणेन नाशयामास नैशं तम इवोष्णगु: ॥ १७ ॥

Text

tāś ca saubha-pater māyā
divyāstrai rukmiṇī-sutaḥ
kṣaṇena nāśayām āsa
naiśaṁ tama ivoṣṇa-guḥ

Synonyms

tāḥ — those; ca — and; saubha-pateḥ — of the master of Saubha; māyāḥ — the magic illusions; divya — divine; astraiḥ — with weapons; rukmiṇī-sutaḥ — the son of Rukmiṇī (Pradyumna); kṣaṇena — in an instant; nāśayām āsa — destroyed; naiśam — of the night; tamaḥ — the darkness; iva — as; uṣṇa — warm; guḥ — whose rays (the sun).

Translation

With His divine weapons Pradyumna instantly destroyed all of Śālva’s magic illusions, in the same way that the warm rays of the sun dissipate the darkness of night.