न तेऽदृश्यन्त सञ्छन्ना: शरजालै: समन्तत: । पुङ्खानुपुङ्खपतितैर्ज्योतींषीव नभोघनै: ॥ २४ ॥
na te ’drsyanta sanchannah sara-jalaih samantatah punkhanupunkha-patitair jyotimsiva nabho-ghanaih
- na
- not
- te
- they (the demigods)
- adrsyanta
- were seen
- sanchannah
- being completely covered
- sara-jalaih
- by networks of arrows
- samantatah
- all around
- punkha-anupunkha
- one arrow after another
- patitaih
- falling
- jyotimsi iva
- like the stars in the sky
- nabhah-ghanaih
- by the dense clouds.
As the stars in the sky cannot be seen when covered by dense clouds, the demigods, being completely covered by networks of arrows falling upon them one after another, could not be seen.