SB 4.10.10 • मूल श्लोक

तेऽपि चामुममृष्यन्त: पादस्पर्शमिवोरगा: । शरैरविध्यन् युगपद् द्विगुणं प्रचिकीर्षव: ॥ १० ॥

Transliteration

te ’pi cāmum amṛṣyantaḥ pāda-sparśam ivoragāḥ śarair avidhyan yugapad dvi-guṇaṁ pracikīrṣavaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

te — the Yakṣas; api — also; ca — and; amum — at Dhruva; amṛṣyantaḥ — being intolerant of; pāda-sparśam — being touched by the feet; iva — like; uragāḥ — serpents; śaraiḥ — with arrows; avidhyan — struck; yugapat — simultaneously; dvi-guṇam — twice as much; pracikīrṣavaḥ — trying to retaliate.

Translation

“Just like serpents, who cannot tolerate being trampled upon by anyone’s feet, the Yakṣas, being intolerant of the wonderful prowess of Dhruva Mahārāja, threw twice as many arrows — six from each of their soldiers — and thus they very valiantly exhibited their prowess.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda