नमुचि: पञ्चदशभि: स्वर्णपुङ्खैर्महेषुभि: । आहत्य व्यनदत्सङ्ख्ये सतोय इव तोयद: ॥ २३ ॥
namucih panca-dasabhih svarna-punkhair mahesubhih ahatya vyanadat sankhye satoya iva toyadah
- namucih
- the demon named Namuci
- panca-dasabhih
- with fifteen
- svarna-punkhaih
- with golden feathers attached
- maha-isubhih
- very powerful arrows
- ahatya
- piercing
- vyanadat
- resounded
- sankhye
- on the battlefield
- sa-toyah
- bearing water
- iva
- like
- toya-dah
- a cloud that delivers rain.
Then Namuci, another demon, attacked Indra and injured him with fifteen very powerful golden-feathered arrows, which roared like a cloud full of water.