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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .3.8

suhṛd-varo, yathā –
[suhrid-varo, yathaa –]
sakhi-prakara-mārgaṇān agaṇitān kṣipan sarvatas
[sakhi-prakara-maarganaan aganitaan kshipan sarvatas]
tathādya laguḍaṁ kramād bhramayati sma dāmā kṛtī |
[tathaadya lagudam kramaad bhramayati sma daamaa kritee |]
amaṁsta racita-stutir vrajapates tanujo ’py amuṁ
[amamsta rachita-stutir vrajapates tanujo ’py amum]
samṛddha-pulako yathā laguḍa-pañjarāntaḥ-sthitam ||8||
[samriddha-pulako yathaa laguda-panjaraantah-sthitam ||8||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
suhṛd-varo, yathā –
sakhi-prakara-mārgaṇān agaṇitān kṣipan sarvatas
tathādya laguḍaṁ kramād bhramayati sma dāmā kṛtī |
amaṁsta racita-stutir vrajapates tanujo ’py amuṁ
samṛddha-pulako yathā laguḍa-pañjarāntaḥ-sthitam ||8||
Fighting with His best friends: Skilful Śrīdāma stopped the countless arrows with leather tips fired by all his friends by whirling his stick around. The son of Nanda, with hairs standing on end, praised him, because it appeared that Śrīdāma was enclosed in a cage made by the whirling stick.

They prepared some arrows for mock-fighting, and Kṛṣṇa began to throw his arrows at Śrīdāmā. Śrīdāmā began to block these arrows by whirling his pole, and by Śrīdāmā’s chivalrous activities, Kṛṣṇa became very satisfied.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

Mārgaṇān means “arrows with leather tips which filled up quivers.”

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