तस्यार्षास्त्रं धनुषि प्रयुञ्जत: सुवर्णपुङ्खा: कलहंसवासस: । विनि:सृता आविविशुर्द्विषद्बलं यथा वनं भीमरवा: शिखण्डिन: ॥ ३ ॥
tasyarsastram dhanusi prayunjatah suvarna-punkhah kalahamsa-vasasah vinihsrta avivisur dvisad-balam yatha vanam bhima-ravah sikhandinah
- tasya
- while Dhruva
- arsa-astram
- the weapon given by Narayana Rsi
- dhanusi
- on his bow
- prayunjatah
- fixed
- suvarna-punkhah
- (arrows) with golden shafts
- kalahamsa-vasasah
- with feathers like the wings of a swan
- vinihsrtah
- sprang out
- avivisuh
- entered
- dvisat-balam
- the soldiers of the enemy
- yatha
- just as
- vanam
- into a forest
- bhima-ravah
- making a tumultuous sound
- sikhandinah
- peacocks.
Even as Dhruva Maharaja fixed the weapon made by Narayana Rsi onto his bow, arrows with golden shafts and feathers like the wings of a swan flew out from it. They entered the enemy soldiers with a great hissing sound, just as peacocks enter a forest with tumultuous crowing.