• śūlaiḥ — with tridents
  Plural instrumental of śūla. The trident is Śiva's weapon — its appearance here, in the army backed by Kāśī, is foreboding: the symbolism of Śiva is being weaponized against Viṣṇu. The chapter's later abhicāra-against-Kṛṣṇa motif is already foreshadowed.
• gadābhiḥ — with clubs
  Plural of gadā. The gadā is Viṣṇu's own weapon (Kaumodakī). Pauṇḍraka's army wields gadās at the Bearer of the Gadā — the figure of religion turned against its source, which the chapter repeatedly stages.
• parighaiḥ — with bludgeons
  Plural of parigha (iron club). The weapon of brute, untrained force. The list moves from sacred (śūla) to crude (parigha) — the Bhāgavata's catalog of every register of violence ever brought against Bhagavān.
• prāharan — attacked
  Imperfect of pra-√hṛ (to strike forth). Plural — the army as one acting agent. The verb is plural; the response, in the next verse, will be singular. One Person against many — the Bhāgavata's signature equation.
• arayaḥ — the enemies
  Plural of ari (foe). Gauḍīyas note: ari is the same syllable used for Sudarśana (ari-cakra). The enemies who throw weapons at the Lord meet the Lord's ari — His own disc-weapon. The poetry rhymes the killers with their killing.

Hailstones thrown at the sun — every weapon released against the Lord lands first inside the consciousness of the thrower, marking him with the karma of having raised iron against Bhagavān. The arsenal is real; the target is uninjurable.