धनुर्विस्फूर्जयन्दिव्यं द्विषतां खेदमुद्वहन् । अस्त्रौघं व्यधमद्बाणैर्घनानीकमिवानिल: ॥ १६ ॥
dhanur visphurjayan divyam dvisatam khedam udvahan astraugham vyadhamad banair ghananikam ivanilah
- dhanuh
- his bow
- visphurjayan
- twanging
- divyam
- wonderful
- dvisatam
- of the enemies
- khedam
- lamentation
- udvahan
- creating
- astra-ogham
- different types of weapons
- vyadhamat
- he scattered
- banaih
- with his arrows
- ghana
- of clouds
- anikam
- an army
- iva
- like
- anilah
- the wind.
Dhruva Maharaja’s bow and arrows twanged and hissed, causing lamentation in the hearts of his enemies. He began to shoot incessant arrows, shattering all their different weapons, just as the blasting wind scatters the assembled clouds in the sky.