तेऽपि चामुममृष्यन्त: पादस्पर्शमिवोरगा: । शरैरविध्यन् युगपद् द्विगुणं प्रचिकीर्षव: ॥ १० ॥
te ’pi camum amrsyantah pada-sparsam ivoragah sarair avidhyan yugapad dvi-gunam pracikirsavah
- te
- the Yaksas
- api
- also
- ca
- and
- amum
- at Dhruva
- amrsyantah
- being intolerant of
- pada-sparsam
- being touched by the feet
- iva
- like
- uragah
- serpents
- saraih
- with arrows
- avidhyan
- struck
- yugapat
- simultaneously
- dvi-gunam
- twice as much
- pracikirsavah
- trying to retaliate.
Just like serpents, who cannot tolerate being trampled upon by anyone’s feet, the Yaksas, being intolerant of the wonderful prowess of Dhruva Maharaja, threw twice as many arrows—six from each of their soldiers—and thus they very valiantly exhibited their prowess.