स तानापतत: शक्रस्तावद्भि: शीघ्रविक्रम: । चिच्छेद निशितैर्भल्लैरसम्प्राप्तान्हसन्निव ॥ ४२ ॥
sa tan apatatah sakras tavadbhih sighra-vikramah ciccheda nisitair bhallair asampraptan hasann iva
- sah
- he (Indra)
- tan
- arrows
- apatatah
- while moving toward him and falling down
- sakrah
- Indra
- tavadbhih
- immediately
- sighra-vikramah
- was practiced to oppress very soon
- ciccheda
- cut to pieces
- nisitaih
- very sharp
- bhallaih
- with another type of arrow
- asampraptan
- the enemy’s arrows not being received
- hasan iva
- as if smiling.
Before Bali Maharaja’s arrows could reach him, Indra, King of heaven, who is expert in dealing with arrows, smiled and counteracted the arrows with arrows of another type, known as bhalla, which were extremely sharp.