Devanagari
सर्वत: शरकूटेन शक्रं सरथसारथिम् ।
छादयामासुरसुरा: प्रावृट्सूर्यमिवाम्बुदा: ॥ २४ ॥
Verse text
sarvataḥ śara-kūṭena
śakraṁ saratha-sārathim
chādayām āsur asurāḥ
prāvṛṭ-sūryam ivāmbudāḥ
Synonyms
sarvataḥ
—
all around
;
śara-kūṭena
—
by a dense shower of arrows
;
śakram
—
Indra
;
sa-ratha
—
with his chariot
;
sārathim
—
and with his chariot driver
;
chādayām āsuḥ
—
covered
;
asurāḥ
—
all the demons
;
prāvṛṭ
—
in the rainy season
;
sūryam
—
the sun
;
iva
—
like
;
ambu-dāḥ
—
clouds.
Translation
Other demons covered Indra, along with his chariot and chariot driver, with incessant showers of arrows, just as clouds cover the sun in the rainy season.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Other demons covered Indra, along with his chariot and chariot driver, with a mass of arrows, just as clouds cover the sun in the rainy season.