Chapter 17
तस्मिन् प्रविष्टे वरुणस्य सैनिका यादोगणा: सन्नधिय: ससाध्वसा: । अहन्यमाना अपि तस्य वर्चसा प्रधर्षिता दूरतरं प्रदुद्रुवु: ॥ २५ ॥
Transliteration
tasmin praviṣṭe varuṇasya sainikā yādo-gaṇāḥ sanna-dhiyaḥ sasādhvasāḥ ahanyamānā api tasya varcasā pradharṣitā dūrataraṁ pradudruvuḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tasmin praviṣṭe — when he entered the ocean; varuṇasya — of Varuṇa; sainikāḥ — the defenders; yādaḥ-gaṇāḥ — the aquatic animals; sanna-dhiyaḥ — depressed; sa-sādhvasāḥ — with fear; ahanyamānāḥ — not being hit; api — even; tasya — his; varcasā — by splendor; pradharṣitāḥ — stricken; dūra-taram — far away; pradudruvuḥ — they ran fast.
Translation
“On his entering the ocean, the aquatic animals who formed the host of Varuṇa were stricken with fear and ran far away. Thus Hiraṇyākṣa showed his splendor without dealing a blow.”