Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.11.21
हरीन्दशशतान्याजौ हर्यश्वस्य बल: शरै: ।
तावद्भिरर्दयामास युगपल्लघुहस्तवान् ॥ २१ ॥
harīn daśa-śatāny ājau
[hareen dasha-shataany aajau]
haryaśvasya balaḥ śaraiḥ
[haryashvasya balah sharaih]
tāvadbhir ardayām āsa
[taavadbhir ardayaam aasa]
yugapal laghu-hastavān
[yugapal laghu-hastavaan]
Word-for-word
harīn
—
horses
daśa-śatāni
—
ten times one hundred (one thousand)
ājau
—
on the battlefield
haryaśvasya
—
of King Indra
balaḥ
—
the demon Bala
śaraiḥ
—
with arrows
tāvadbhiḥ
—
with so many
ardayām āsa
—
put into tribulation
yugapat
—
simultaneously
laghu-hastavān
—
with quick handling.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
harīn daśa-śatāny ājau
harīn
horses
daśa-śatāni
ten times one hundred (one thousand)
ājau
on the battlefield
haryaśvasya balaḥ śaraiḥ
haryaśvasya
of King Indra
balaḥ
the demon Bala
śaraiḥ
with arrows
tāvadbhir ardayām āsa
tāvadbhiḥ
with so many
ardayām āsa
put into tribulation
yugapal laghu-hastavān
yugapat
simultaneously
laghu-hastavān
with quick handling.
Quickly handling the situation on the battlefield, the demon Bala put all of Indra’s one thousand horses into tribulation by simultaneously piercing them all with an equal number of arrows.
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Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Dexterous Bala afflicted Indra's one thousand horses by simultaneously piercing them all with an equal number of arrows on the battlefield.
Haryaśvasya means “of Indra.” It means “he who possesses yellowish horses.” Amara-koṣa says that hari can mean yellowish. Tāvadbhiḥ means by a thousand arrows.
Personal Guidance
Bala pierced all one thousand of Indra's horses with an equal number of simultaneous arrows. Demonic skill can be technically virtuosic. Do not dismiss enemies as incompetent simply because they are wrong.
Reflection Questions
- Whose technical skill have I underestimated because I disagreed with their cause?
- Where does my underestimation of opponents leave my own horses unprotected?
My note
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