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ŚB 8.11.24

Devanagari

सर्वत: शरकूटेन शक्रं सरथसारथिम् ।
छादयामासुरसुरा: प्रावृट्‌सूर्यमिवाम्बुदा: ॥ २४ ॥

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.