यानि योधै: प्रयुक्तानि शस्त्रास्त्राणि कुरूद्वह । हरिस्तान्यच्छिनत्तीक्ष्णै: शरैरेकैकशस्त्रिभि: ॥ १७ ॥ उह्यमान: सुपर्णेन पक्षाभ्यां निघ्नता गजान् । गुरुत्मता हन्यमानास्तुण्डपक्षनखेर्गजा: ॥ १८ ॥ पुरमेवाविशन्नार्ता नरको युध्ययुध्यत ॥ १९ ॥
yāni yodhaiḥ prayuktāni śastrāstrāṇi kurūdvaha haris tāny acchinat tīkṣṇaiḥ śarair ekaikaśas trībhiḥ uhyamānaḥ suparṇena pakṣābhyāṁ nighnatā gajān gurutmatā hanyamānās tuṇḍa-pakṣa-nakher gajāḥ puram evāviśann ārtā narako yudhy ayudhyata
- yāni
- those which
- yodhaiḥ
- by the warriors
- prayuktāni
- used
- śastra
- cutting weapons
- astrāṇi
- and missile weapons
- kuru-udvaha
- O hero of the Kurus (King Parīkṣit)
- hariḥ
- Lord Kṛṣṇa
- tāni
- them
- acchinat
- cut to pieces
- tīkṣṇaiḥ
- sharp
- śaraiḥ
- with arrows
- ekaśaḥ
- each one
- tribhiḥ
- with three
- uhyamānaḥ
- being carried
- su-parṇena
- by him of the great wings (Garuḍa)
- pakṣābhyām
- with both his wings
- nighnatā
- who was striking
- gajān
- the elephants
- gurutmatā
- by Garuḍa
- hanyamānaḥ
- being beaten
- tuṇḍa
- with his beak
- pakṣa
- wings
- nakheḥ
- and talons
- gajāḥ
- the elephants
- puram
- into the city
- eva
- indeed
- āviśann
- going back inside
- ārtāḥ
- distressed
- narakaḥ
- Naraka (Bhauma)
- yudhi
- in the battle
- ayudhyata
- continued fighting
Lord Hari then struck down all the missiles and weapons the enemy soldiers threw at Him, O hero of the Kurus, destroying each and every one with three sharp arrows. Meanwhile Garuḍa, as he carried the Lord, struck the enemy’s elephants with his wings. Beaten by Garuḍa’s wings, beak and talons, the elephants fled back into the city, leaving Narakāsura alone on the battlefield to oppose Kṛṣṇa.