तद् भौमसैन्यं भगवान् गदाग्रजो विचित्रवाजैर्निशितै: शिलीमुखै: । निकृत्तबाहूरुशिरोध्रविग्रहं चकार तर्ह्येव हताश्वकुञ्जरम् ॥ १६ ॥
tad bhauma-sainyaṁ bhagavān gadāgrajo vicitra-vājair niśitaiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ nikṛtta-bāhūru-śirodhra-vigrahaṁ cakāra tarhy eva hatāśva-kuñjaram
- tat
- that
- bhauma-sainyam
- army of Bhaumāsura
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- gadāgrajaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa
- vicitra
- variegated
- vājaiḥ
- whose feathers
- niśitaiḥ
- sharp
- śilīmukhaiḥ
- with arrows
- nikṛtta
- cut off
- bāhu
- with arms
- ūru
- thighs
- śiraḥ-dhra
- and necks
- vigraham
- whose bodies
- cakāra
- made
- tarhi eva
- at that same moment
- hata
- killed
- aśva
- the horses
- kuñjaram
- and elephants
At that moment Lord Gadāgraja shot His sharp arrows at Bhaumāsura’s army. These arrows, displaying variegated feathers, soon reduced that army to a mass of bodies with severed arms, thighs and necks. The Lord similarly killed the opposing horses and elephants.