तं च षोडशभिर्विद्ध्वा बाणै: सौभं च खे भ्रमत् । अविध्यच्छरसन्दोहै: खं सूर्य इव रश्मिभि: ॥ १४ ॥
taṁ ca ṣoḍaśabhir viddhvā bānaiḥ saubhaṁ ca khe bhramat avidhyac chara-sandohaiḥ khaṁ sūrya iva raśmibhiḥ
- tam
- him, Śālva
- ca
- and
- ṣoḍaśabhiḥ
- with sixteen
- viddhvā
- piercing
- bāṇaiḥ
- arrows
- saubham
- Saubha
- ca
- also
- khe
- in the sky
- bhramat
- wandering
- avidhyat
- He struck
- śara
- of arrows
- sandohaiḥ
- with torrents
- kham
- the sky
- sūryaḥ
- the sun
- iva
- as
- raśmibhiḥ
- with its rays
Lord Kṛṣṇa then pierced Śālva with sixteen arrows and struck the Saubha airship with a deluge of arrows as it darted about the sky. Firing His arrows, the Lord appeared like the sun flooding the heavens with its rays.