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ŚB 8.11.23

Devanagari

नमुचि: पञ्चदशभि: स्वर्णपुङ्खैर्महेषुभि: ।
आहत्य व्यनदत्सङ्ख्ये सतोय इव तोयद: ॥ २३ ॥

Text

namuciḥ pañca-daśabhiḥ
svarṇa-puṅkhair maheṣubhiḥ
āhatya vyanadat saṅkhye
satoya iva toyadaḥ

Synonyms

namuciḥ — the demon named Namuci; pañca-daśabhiḥ — with fifteen; svarṇa-puṅkhaiḥ — with golden feathers attached; mahā-iṣubhiḥ — very powerful arrows; āhatya — piercing; vyanadat — resounded; saṅkhye — on the battlefield; sa-toyaḥ — bearing water; iva — like; toya-daḥ — a cloud that delivers rain.

Translation

Then Namuci, another demon, attacked Indra and injured him with fifteen very powerful golden-feathered arrows, which roared like a cloud full of water.