विधमन्तं स्वसैन्यानि द्युमन्तं रुक्मिणीसुत: । प्रतिहत्य प्रत्यविध्यान्नाराचैरष्टभि: स्मयन् ॥ २ ॥
vidhamantaṁ sva-sainyāni dyumantaṁ rukmiṇī-sutaḥ pratihatya pratyavidhyān nārācair aṣṭabhiḥ smayan
- vidhamantam
- smashing
- sva
- His
- sainyāni
- soldiers
- dyumantam
- Dyumān
- rukmiṇī-sutaḥ
- the son of Rukmiṇī (Pradyumna)
- pratihatya
- counterattacking
- pratyavidhyāt
- He struck back
- nārācaiḥ
- with special arrows made of iron
- aṣṭabhiḥ
- eight
- smayan
- while smiling
In Pradyumna’s absence, Dyumān had been devastating His army, but now Pradyumna counterattacked Dyumān and, smiling, pierced him with eight nārāca arrows.