Skip to main content

ŚB 10.54.6

Devanagari

तेषां तद्विक्रमं वीरा गदसङ्कर्षणादय: ।
अमृष्यमाणा नाराचैर्जघ्नुर्हयगजान् रथान् ॥ ६ ॥

Text

teṣāṁ tad-vikramaṁ vīrā
gada-saṅkarṣanādayaḥ
amṛṣyamāṇā nārācair
jaghnur haya-gajān rathān

Synonyms

teṣām — by them (the opposing kings); tat — that; vikramam — show of prowess; vīrāḥ — the heroes; gada — Gada, the younger brother of Lord Kṛṣṇa; saṅkarṣaṇa — Lord Balarāma; ādayaḥ — and others; amṛṣyamāṇāḥ — not tolerating; nārācaiḥ — with arrows made of iron; jaghnuḥ — they struck; haya — horses; gajān — elephants; rathān — and chariots.

Translation

The heroes of the Lord’s army, headed by Gada and Saṅkarṣaṇa, could not tolerate the aggression of the opposing kings. Thus with iron arrows they began to strike down the enemy’s horses, elephants and chariots.