Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 76 Verses 9-11

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 76: The Battle Between Śālva and the Vṛṣṇis

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.76.9-11

nirudhya senayā śālvo

mahatyā bharatarṣabha

purīḿ babhañjopavanān

udyānāni ca sarvaśaḥ

sa-gopurāṇi dvārāṇi

prāsādāṭṭāla-tolikāḥ

vihārān sa vimānāgryān

nipetuḥ śastra-vṛṣṭayaḥ

śilā-drumāś cāśanayaḥ

sarpā āsāra-śarkarāḥ

pracaṇḍaś cakravāto 'bhūd

rajasācchāditā diśaḥ

SYNONYMS

nirudhya — besieging; senayā — with an army; śālvaḥ — Śālva; mahatyā — large; bharata-ṛṣabha — O best of the Bharatas; purīm — the city; babhañja — he broke up; upavanān — the parks; udyanāni — gardens; ca — and; sarvaśaḥ — all around; sa-gopurāṇi — with towers; dvārāṇi — and gateways; prāsāda — mansions; aṭṭāla — observatories; tolikāḥ — and surrounding walls; vihārān — recreational areas; saḥ — he, Śālva; vimāna — of airships; agryāt — from the best; nipetuḥ — there fell; śastra — of weapons; vṛṣṭayaḥ — torrents; śilā — stones; drumāḥ — and trees; ca — also; aśanayaḥ — thunderbolts; sarpāḥ — snakes; āsāra-śarkarāḥ — and hailstones; pracaṇḍaḥ — fierce; cakravātaḥ — a whirlwind; abhūt — arose; rajasā — with dust; ācchādditāḥ — covered; diśaḥ — all the directions.

TRANSLATION

Śālva besieged the city with a large army, O best of the Bharatas, decimating the outlying parks and gardens, the mansions along with their observatories, towering gateways and surrounding walls, and also the public recreational areas. From his excellent airship he threw down a torrent of weapons, including stones, tree trunks, thunderbolts, snakes and hailstones. A fierce whirlwind arose and blanketed all directions with dust.

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