विव्याध पञ्चविंशत्या स्वर्णपुङ्खैरयोमुखै: । शाल्वस्य ध्वजिनीपालं शरै: सन्नतपर्वभि: ॥ १८ ॥ शतेनाताडयच्छाल्वमेकैकेनास्य सैनिकान् । दशभिर्दशभिर्नेतृन् वाहनानि त्रिभिस्त्रिभि: ॥ १९ ॥
vivyādha pañca-viṁśatyā svarṇa-puṅkhair ayo-mukhaiḥ śālvasya dhvajinī-pālaṁ śaraiḥ sannata-parvabhiḥ śatenātāḍayac chālvam ekaikenāsya sainikān daśabhir daśabhir netṝn vāhanāni tribhis tribhiḥ
- vivyādha
- He shot
- pañca
- five
- viṁśatyā
- plus twenty
- svarṇa
- gold
- puṅkhaiḥ
- whose shafts
- ayaḥ
- iron
- mukhaiḥ
- whose heads
- śālvasya
- of Śālva
- dhvajinī-pālam
- the commander-in-chief
- śaraiḥ
- with arrows
- sannata
- level
- parvabhiḥ
- whose joints
- śatena
- with one hundred
- atāḍayat
- He struck
- śālvam
- Śālva
- eka-ekena
- with one each
- asya
- his
- sainikān
- officers
- daśabhiḥ daśabhiḥ
- with ten each
- netṝn
- the chariot drivers
- vāhanāni
- the carriers
- tribhiḥ tribhiḥ
- with three each
Lord Pradyumna’s arrows all had gold shafts, iron heads and perfectly smooth joints. With twenty-five of them He struck down Śālva’s commander-in-chief [Dyumān], and with one hundred He struck Śālva himself. Then He pierced Śālva’s officers with one arrow each, his chariot drivers with ten arrows each, and his horses and other carriers with three arrows each.