SB 8.11.20 • मूल श्लोक

वचोभि: परुषैरिन्द्रमर्दयन्तोऽस्य मर्मसु । शरैरवाकिरन् मेघा धाराभिरिव पर्वतम् ॥ २० ॥

Transliteration

vacobhiḥ paruṣair indram ardayanto ’sya marmasu śarair avākiran meghā dhārābhir iva parvatam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

vacobhiḥ — with harsh words; paruṣaiḥ — very rough and cruel; indram — King Indra; ardayantaḥ — chastising, piercing; asya — of Indra; marmasu — in the heart, etc.; śaraiḥ — with arrows; avākiran — covered all around; meghāḥ — clouds; dhārābhiḥ — with showers of rain; iva — just as; parvatam — a mountain.

Translation

“Rebuking Indra with harsh, cruel words that were piercing to the heart, these demons showered him with arrows, just as torrents of rain wash a great mountain.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda