शरैरग्न्यर्कसंस्पर्शैराशीविषदुरासदै: । पीड्यमानपुरानीक: शाल्वोऽमुह्यत्परेरितै: ॥ २४ ॥
śarair agny-arka-saṁsparśair āśī-viṣa-durāsadaiḥ pīḍyamāna-purānīkaḥ śālvo ’muhyat pareritaiḥ
- śaraiḥ
- by the arrows
- agni
- like fire
- arka
- and like the sun
- saṁsparśaiḥ
- whose contact
- āśī
- of a snake
- viṣa
- like the poison
- durāsadaiḥ
- intolerable
- pīḍyamāna
- distressed
- pura
- whose aerial city
- anīkaḥ
- and whose army
- śālvaḥ
- Śālva
- amuhyat
- became bewildered
- para
- by the enemy
- īritaiḥ
- shot
Śālva became bewildered upon seeing his army and aerial city thus harassed by his enemy’s arrows, which struck like fire and the sun and were as intolerable as snake venom.